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1 January 1990 Multiple Feather Follicle Cysts in a Wild Turkey
C. E. Couvillion, W. A. Maslin, R. M. Montgomery
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Abstract

A hunter-killed wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) was submitted for examination because of numerous 2 to 30 mm diameter, yellowish, hard nodules in the skin. The nodules were confined to the skin and did not involve subcutaneous tissues. Nodules consisted of dilated feather follicles packed with a caseous tan to pale yellow material. Histologically, affected feather follicles were markedly dilated and filled with laminated keratin debris. The lesions were determined to be multiple feather follicle cysts of unknown etiology.

Couvillion, Maslin, and Montgomery: Multiple Feather Follicle Cysts in a Wild Turkey
C. E. Couvillion, W. A. Maslin, and R. M. Montgomery "Multiple Feather Follicle Cysts in a Wild Turkey," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(1), 122-124, (1 January 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.1.122
Received: 2 May 1989; Published: 1 January 1990
KEYWORDS
anomaly
case report
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
multiple feather follicle cysts
pathology
unknown etiology
wild turkey
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