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Infections > Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome
Animal Diseases > Bird Diseases > Poultry Diseases > Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome

Preferred term

Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Mortality Syndrome, Spiking
  • Spiking Mortality Syndrome

Note

  • don't forget TURKEYS (NIM)

Scope note

  • An acute, transmissible, infectious disease associated with high MORTALITY and MORBIDITY in young turkeys (poults). It is characterized by DIARRHEA; ANOREXIA; growth depression, and immune dysfunction. The cause is unknown but astroviruses (AVASTROVIRUS) and coronaviruses (CORONAVIRUS, TURKEY) have been isolated from diseased poults and are thought to cause the enteritis and increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.

History note

  • 2003

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D031261

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