Ascaridia dissimilis larval migration associated with enteritis and low market weights in meat turkeys

A meat turkey ranch had a history of producing Hocks with low market weights. Live bird samples and environmental samples from the ranch were collected over a period of eight months and analyzed at the California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System-Turlock Branch. The disease condition consisten...

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Veröffentlicht in:Avian diseases 1995-10, Vol.39 (4), p.837-843
Hauptverfasser: Willoughby, D.H. (University of California-Davis, Turlock, CA.), Bickford, A.A, Charlton, B.R, Cooper, G.L, Linares, J.A
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Zusammenfassung:A meat turkey ranch had a history of producing Hocks with low market weights. Live bird samples and environmental samples from the ranch were collected over a period of eight months and analyzed at the California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System-Turlock Branch. The disease condition consistently present was enteritis associated with Ascaridia dissimilis infection in birds from growout houses. After aggressive control measures for A. dissimilis were implemented, subsequent flocks reached expected market weights
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1592421