title: Non-Clostridium perfringens infectious agents producing necrotic enteritis-like lesions in poultry.
abstract: Necrotic enteritis (NE) produced by Clostridium perfringens is amongst the most prevalent enteric diseases of chickens and turkeys. However, several other bacterial, parasitic and viral agents can cause clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions in poultry very similar to those of NE and the diseases produced by those agents need to be differentiated from NE. The main differential diagnoses for C. perfringens NE include bacterial (Clostridium colinum, Clostridium sordellii, Clostridium difficile, Pasteurella multocida, Brachyspira spp.), parasitic (Eimeria spp., Histomonas meleagridis) and viral (Duck Herpesvirus type 1, Avian Paramyxovirus type 1) diseases. Confirmation of the diagnosis of these diseases requires identification of the aetiological agents by morphological, cultural and/or molecular methods.
authors.affiliation: a California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine , University of California - Davis , San Bernardino , CA , USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Uzal
authors.affiliation: b California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine , University of California - Davis , Turlock , CA , USA.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Sentíes-Cué
authors.affiliation: c California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine , University of California - Davis , Tulare , CA , USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rimoldi
authors.affiliation: c California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, School of Veterinary Medicine , University of California - Davis , Tulare , CA , USA.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Shivaprasad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004539:Eimeria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001352:Herpesvirus 1, Gallid / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009336:Necrosis / Q000662:veterinary; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010271:Parasites / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014780:Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Chicken; Clostridium perfringens; differential diagnosis; necrotic enteritis; turkey