INCIDENCE OF PULLORUM DISEASE IN SOME VILLAGES OF UPPER EGYPT

Document Type : Research article

Author

Assiut University Dept. of Med. and Infect. Diseases. Poultry Section

Abstract

Screening of native chickens in some villages of Upper Egypt for carriers of Sal. gallinarum-pullorum infection with the whole blood stained antigen test revealed a widespread distribution of the infection.
The incidence of reactors in 6 villages of Assiut Province ranged between 1.53 and 3.48 % in one test in 1966/1967, where as it ave raged 14.75, 14.88, and 15.32% among 5 villages of Sohag Provi nce in 3ssuccessive test conductedd uring the period 1970 - 1975.