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Title: FOWL CHOLERA

Author
item Kunkle, Robert
item WILSON, MARK - NVSL

Submitted to: Office International Epizootics Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2005
Publication Date: 7/17/2008
Citation: Kunkle, R.A., Wilson, M.A. 2008. Fowl Cholera. In: OIE Biological Standards Commission, editor. Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2008: Mammals, Birds and Bees. 6th edition. Paris: Office International Des Epizooties. Chapter 2.3.9. p. 524-530.

Interpretive Summary:

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 localised infection primarily of the respiratory and skeletal systems.