Non-Clostridium perfringens infectious agents producing necrotic enteritis-like lesions in poultry.

Non-Clostridium perfringens infectious agents producing necrotic enteritis-like lesions in poultry. Avian Pathol. 2016 Mar 24;:1-34 Authors: Uzal FA, Sentíes-Cué CG, Rimoldi G, Shivaprasad HL Abstract Necrotic enteritis produced by Clostridium perfringens (NE) is amongst the most prevalent enteric diseases of chickens and turkeys. However, several other bacterial, parasitic and viral agents can cause clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions in poultry very similar to those of NE and the diseases produced by those agents need to be differentiated from NE. The main differential diagnoses for C. perfringens NE include bacterial (Clostridium colinum, Clostridium sordellii, Clostridium difficile, Pasteurella multocida, Brachyspira spp.), parasitic (Eimeria spp., Histomonas meleagridis) and viral (Duck Herpesvirus type 1, Avian Paramyxovirus type 1) diseases. Confirmation of the diagnosis of these diseases requires identification of the etiological agents by morphological, cultural and/or molecular methods. PMID: 27009483 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Avian Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Avian Pathol Source Type: research