Clinical and pathological features of Aspergillus fumigatus infections in poultry in Southern Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.8817Keywords
Chicks, Broiler chickens, poultry, Aspergillus, Aspergillus fumigatus, NigeriaAbstract
This study was undertaken to supply information on Aspergillus fumigatus infection of poultry in Nigeria . The disease in broiler chicks was characterized by gasping, droopiness, emaciation and heavy mortality while affected grower chickens showed emaciation, weakness, diarrhoea and 17 per cent mortality. The disease was sporadic in laying flocks. Granulomatous nodules were observed in birds that died in each outbreak. The nodules wcrc numcrous and affected mainly the lungs and thoracic air sacs in the broiler chicks while only few large nodules were observed mainly in the abdominal air sacs in the layers.
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