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Necrotizing herpesvirus bursitis, thymusitis, and splenitis in chickens
1Georgia Poultry Laboratory, Oakwood 30566, USA.
Avian Diseases
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Spontaneous massive necrotizing herpesvirus bursitis, thymusitis, and splenitis in pale broiler chicks is described. Fibrinopurulent inflammation and necrosis was accompanied by intralesional solitary large dark blue intranuclear inclusion bodies in histiocytes and lymphocytes. Ultrastructurally, swollen nuclei with marginated chromatin contained herpesvirus.