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An outbreak of chronic fowl cholera in broiler breeder chickens in Korea

  • Kim, Jin-Hyun (Gangwon-do Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Yoon, Mi-Young (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cho, Jae-Keun (Metropolitan Health & Environmental Research Institute) ;
  • Sung, Myung-Suk (Gyeongbuk Veterinary Service Laboratory) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Seuk (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2011.09.01
  • Accepted : 2011.10.10
  • Published : 2011.12.30
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Abstract

Fowl cholera is a contagious acute and chronic disease caused by Pasteurella multocida in both domesticated and wild birds. Acute fowl cholera in both chickens and wild birds has recently been documented in Korea, but the chronic form has not been reported in Korea until now. This study describes the first outbreak of chronic fowl cholera in 13-week-old Arbor Acre broiler breeder chickens submitted to the College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University in April 2006. The clinical signs of the affected flock of 9,621 chickens were lameness caused by swollen hock joints, diarrhea, ruffled feathers, and an average weekly mortality of 1.0%. At necropsy, purulent or caseous exudates were found in the hock and wing joints, humerus, and eyes, and severe pneumonia and pericarditis were discovered. Eleven bacterial isolates obtained from the liver, joint, infraorbital sinus and sternal bursa of the submitted chickens were all identified as Pasteurella multocida based on their physiological and biochemical characteristics. Five isolates were examined for antimicrobial susceptibility against 21 different antimicrobial agents including ampicillin. All were resistant to kanamycin, neomycin, and streptomycin, and some were resistant to gentamicin. The tested isolates were all susceptible to the other 17 antimicrobial agents. All 11 isolates were capsular serogroup A based on multiplex polymerase chain reaction. In addition, two of five isolates used in the antimicrobial susceptibility test were identified as somatic serotype 1 by an agar gel diffusion precipitin test, while the others were non-typable.

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