Case Report: A Marek's Disease-Like Condition in Florida Turkeys

Two female wild turkeys were captured by hand and necropsied during the late winter of 1969-70. Both birds were from wild populations of Meleagris gallopavo osceola. The captures were separated by a four-week interval and a distance of approximately 300 miles. Neither bird could have survived more than a few more days in the wild. One bird (A) presented for necropsy was captured by hand in Levy ,County, Florida, by a local resident and delivered, still alive, to a Wildlife Officer. The other bird (B) was captured with orally administered tribromoethanol at Lykes Fisheating Creek Refuge, near Lake Okeechobee, in south central Florida.