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Kunkle, Robert |
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Submitted to: Office International Epizootics Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 2/4/2004 Publication Date: 5/1/2004 Citation: Kunkle, R.A. Fowl cholera (avian pasteurellosis). Office International Epizootics Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals. 5th Edition. 2004. Chapt. 2.7.1.1 p. 921-926. Interpretive Summary: Fowl Technical Abstract: Fowl cholera (avian pasteurellosis is a commonly occurring avian disease that can affect all types of birds and is distributed world-wide. Fowl cholera outbreaks often manifest as acute fatal septicaemia. Diagnosis depends on isolation and identification of the causative bacterium, Pasteurella multocida. Presumptive diagnosis may be based on the occurrence of typical signs and lesions and/or on the microscopic demonstration of myriad bacteria in blood smears, or impression smears of tissues such as liver or spleen. Mild or chronic forms of the disease also occur where the disease is endemic, with localized infection primarily of the respiratory and skeletal systems. |
