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Histologic study of hepatic lesions in two turkey flocks
J N Beasley1, R A Norton, J K Skeeles
1Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701, USA.
Avian Diseases
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Hepatic lesions were studied in two turkey flocks by euthanatizing 50 birds a week from the ages of 1 through 15 wk. Samples of liver that contained lesions and samples of duodenum, pancreas, ileum, and cecal tonsil were examined histologically. Lymphocytic infiltrations made up 82% and 75% of the hepatic lesions, and granulomas occurred in 18% and 25% of the livers. Nematode larvae were present in 12% and 15% of the hepatic lesions.