Year: 1960
Type: article
Abstract: INTRODUCTION HISTOMONIASIS was first described in turkeys by Cushman (1893), and since that time the majority of the investigations have dealt with turkeys since the disease is highly fatal for them. The importance of histomoniasis in chickens has been minimized to the role they play in maintaining and disseminating the etiological agent. Although fatal histomoniasis in chickens does occur (Eriksen, 1925; Hungerford, 1937; Eveleth, 1943), the benign form is seen more often and is followed by recovery, even though the lesions produced are quite similar to the lesions in turkeys dying of the disease. The ability of stress to trigger fatal histomoniasis in chickens has been suggested, although never adequately substantiated with controlled experiments. The purpose of this study was to determine whether various stress conditions (starvation, exposure to temperature extremes, anemia, coccidia infection, fowl pox vaccination, cortisone injection, splenectomy) would alter the disease or mortality in chickens and turkeys …
Source: Poultry Science
DOI: 10.3382/ps.0390361
Author: C. Joseph Welter
Institution: Michigan State University
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,600
OpenAlex ID: W2017733367