Characterization of an Emerging Outbreak Causing Severe Systemic Disease with Concurrent Leg Problems in a Broiler Integrator in the Southern United States.

has been associated mainly with osteomyelitis of the free thoracic vertebra in chickens. However, there are reports of producing septicemic lesions and having tropism for cartilages, resulting in the presentation of femoral head necrosis and synovitis. This paper discusses the presentation of as it relates to an outbreak in one vertical integrator where the main lesions were related to septicemia.

Infection Associated with Severe Nodular Typhlitis and Suspect Aberrant Pulmonary Migration in a Golden Pheasant ().

This case report describes the clinical, parasitologic, pathologic, and histologic characteristics of a golden pheasant () with an infection of in Mississippi. An approximately 2-yr-old golden pheasant from a flock of 8 to 10 birds was submitted to the Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory in Pearl, MS, for necropsy. Clinical history indicated that three flock mates had died of unknown causes in the past.