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Experimental Botulism in Gallinaceous Birds
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1971 |
Authors: | Gross, WB, L. Smith, DS |
Journal: | Avian Diseases |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 4 |
Date Published: | 1971 |
ISBN Number: | 00052086 |
Keywords: | Meleagris, Meleagris gallopavo, Pavo cristatus, Phasianidae, Phasianus colchicus |
Abstract: | The relative toxicity was determined of types A, B, C-alpha, C-beta, D, E, and F Clostridium botulinum toxin administered orally or intravenously to chickens, turkeys, peafowl, and pheasants. Types A and E were most toxic for all species. Types D and F toxin were entirely without toxicity for these birds; B was only slightly toxic. C-alpha and C-beta toxins were absorbed most easily through the gut wall. The characteristic signs of botulism are the raising of hackles and progressive paralysis of the legs, wings, and eyelids in gallinaceous birds, and limberneck in birds other than chickens. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1588859 |
Short Title: | Avian Diseases |
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