Key result
Oral inoculation with intestinal contents from PES-affected birds significantly reduced body weight gain in turkey poults by an average of 14% compared with controls.
Population
160 turkey poults at day 14 of age
Comparison
Oral inoculation with unfiltered supernatant… vs Oral inoculation with PBS alone (control)
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
50 days postinoculation
Authors
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May signal economic losses in turkey flocks; leaves open bacterial roles and targeted interventions.
Experimental reproduction of poult enteritis syndrome demonstrates significant growth depression and prolonged pathogen shedding, highlighting potential economic losses and a role for bacteria in disease severity.
Jindal et al. (2009) studied Poult enteritis syndrome (PES) (n=160). Oral inoculation with intestinal contents from PES-affected birds vs. Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) alone was evaluated on Body weight gain and pathogen shedding. Oral inoculation with intestinal contents from PES-affected birds significantly reduced body weight gain in turkey poults by an average of 14% compared with controls.
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