EXPERIMENTAL MYCOTIC PNEUMONIA AND ENCERHALOMALACIA IN TURKEY POULTS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

1 Dept. 06 Pathology, Animal Med. and Poultry Dis., Faculty of Vet. Med., Assiut University,

2 Dept. of Pathology, Animal Med. and Poultry Dis., Faculty of Vet. Med., Assiut University,

Abstract

Ten fungal species could be isolated and identified from freshly dead and ap < /strong>parently healthy turkeys in upper Egypt. Three weeks old native breed trudey poults were inoc ulated into the left abdominal air sac, each with 0.5 ml. of A. flavus suspension. The symptoms as well as the macroscopic and microscop < /strong>ic ap < /strong>p < /strong>earance of the lesions suggest a pneumo-encephalo-malitic disease. Reisolation of the inoculated fungus and its sensitivity to nine drugs and chemical agents were carried out.