Avian Tuberculosis in a Wild Turkey

Richard W. Gerhold; John R. Fischer

doi:10.1637/7245-072204R

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Richard W. Gerhold,¹ John R. Fischer¹

¹Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602

Abstract

A liver from a hunter-harvested wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) from Kansas was evaluated by the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study. Grossly, the liver contained several grayish-white masses ranging from 0.5–3 cm in diameter. These masses were scattered throughout the parenchyma and bulged from the capsular surface. Histologic examination revealed multifocal to coalescing granulomas with low numbers of acid-fast bacilli within multinucleated giant cells at the periphery of the granulomas. Culture of the liver yielded Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium and low numbers of Staphylococcus intermedius.

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Richard W. Gerhold and John R. Fischer "Avian Tuberculosis in a Wild Turkey," Avian Diseases 49(1), 164-166, (1 March 2005). https://doi.org/10.1637/7245-072204R

Received: 22 July 2004; Accepted: 1 September 2004; Published: 1 March 2005

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