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1 April 2002 A Case of Aspergillosis in a Broiler Breeder Flock
Mehmet Akan, Rıfkı Hazıroğlu, Ziya İlhan, Barış Sareyyüpoğlu, Recai Tunca
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Abstract

A case of aspergillosis in a broiler breeder flock having respiratory and nervous system problems caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus niger is documented. Dyspnea, hyperpnea, blindness, torticollis, lack of equilibrium, and stunting were observed clinically. On postmortem examination of the affected birds, white to yellow caseous nodules were observed on lungs, thoracic air sacs, eyes, and cerebellum. Histopathologic examination of lungs and cerebellum revealed classic granulomatous inflammation and cerebellar lesions, necrotic meningoencephalitis, respectively. No lesions were noted in the cerebrum histopathologically. Aspergillus hyphae were observed in stained sections prepared from lesioned organs. Fungal spores and branched septate hyphae were observed in direct microscopy. Aspergillus fumigatus and A. niger were isolated from the inoculations prepared from the suspensions of organs showing lesions.

Mehmet Akan, Rıfkı Hazıroğlu, Ziya İlhan, Barış Sareyyüpoğlu, and Recai Tunca "A Case of Aspergillosis in a Broiler Breeder Flock," Avian Diseases 46(2), 497-501, (1 April 2002). https://doi.org/10.1637/0005-2086(2002)046[0497:ACOAIA]2.0.CO;2
Received: 17 August 2001; Published: 1 April 2002
KEYWORDS
aspergillosis
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus niger
broiler breeders
cerebellar lesions
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