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histomoniasis

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histomoniasis
a very widespread disease of gallinaceous birds, especially turkeys, caused by the protozoan parasite Histomonas meleagridis. It is characterized by ulceration of the cecal mucosa and necrotic foci in the liver.
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Gross and microscopic lesions were observed on days 7, 14, 21, 28, and 35 post infection to evaluate any clinical histomoniasis in ducks and to appraise the histomonad's carriage.
Avian Pathol: Infectivity of Histomonas meleagridis in ducks by Callait-Cardinal, M.P.; Chauve, C.; Reynaud, M.C. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Blackhead, or histomoniasis, is spread through a microscopic parasite in earthworms.
No turkey threat for Christmas by The Mirror (London, England)
These studies confirm that histomoniasis is transmitted readily from directly exposed young turkeys to others in the absence of the cecal worm vector, and that this phenomenon can be reproduced in battery cages as an experimental model.
Avian Dis: Blackhead disease in turkeys: direct transmission of ... by McDougald, L.R.; Fuller, L. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
 
 
 
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