Recurrent outbreaks of a cutaneous form of Pasteurella multocida infection in turkeys

Cutaneous infection caused by Pasteurella multocida was diagnosed in a flock of seven thousand 17-to-22-week old male turkeys. The affected grow-out facility had an annual outbreak of fowl cholera, in which a cutaneous infection ventral and lateral to the tail was the predominant lesion. P. multocida serotypes 1 and 14 were the predominant isolates. The exact source of the infection was not determined.