Key result
Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome (PEMS) is a significant problem in turkeys with unknown specific causes, likely involving interactions between enteropathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.
Why the study?
The specific causes of poult enteritis and mortality syndrome remain unknown, and similarities in clinical signs and lesions hamper accurate diagnosis and control under field conditions.
This review discusses the viral causative agents, diagnosis, and control of Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome in turkeys.
Summarizes viral causes of poult enteritis; leaves open prospective validation of diagnostics and controls in turkeys.
Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome (PEMS) is one of the most significant problem affecting turkeys and continues to cause severe economic losses worldwide. Although the specific causes of PEMS remains unknown, this syndrome might involve an interaction between several causative agents such as enteropathogenic viruses (coronaviruses, rotavirus, astroviruses and adenoviruses) and bacteria and protozoa. Non-infectious causes such as feed and management are also interconnected factors. However, it is difficult to determine the specific cause of enteric disorders under field conditions. Additionally, similarities of clinical signs and lesions hamper the accurate diagnosis. The purpose of the present review is to discuss in detail the main viral possible causative agents of PEMS and challenges in diagnosis and control.
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Shehata et al. (2021) conducted a review in Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome (PEMS). Viral causative agents was evaluated. Poult enteritis and mortality syndrome (PEMS) is a significant problem in turkeys with unknown specific causes, likely involving interactions between enteropathogenic viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.
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