The present study was conducted to evaluate the role of clostridial species as the etiology of cellulitis in turkey. Fifty recently dead turkeys were obtained from different localities (Ismailia, Giza, and Qalyubia Governorates) in Egypt with a previous history of short onset of clinical signs including reluctant of walking, recumbence and pain of thigh muscles under palpation. Eighty percent (40 turkey samples) gave positive results when isolated under anaerobic conditions. Cultivation of different liver tissues and heart blood revealed that 100% (40 out of 40 turkeys submitted to bacterial isolation) were confirmed as C. septicum, including 87.5% in single isolation, however, mixed infection with C. perfringens type A was detected in only 12.5%. These isolates were confirmed by culture characters; biochemical tests; toxin neutralization test; pathogenicity test, and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The study concluded that the predominant causative agent of cellulitis in turkeys was C. septicum
El-Helw, H., Abdalla, Y., El-Sergany, E., El-Sawy, H., Taha, M., & El-Menisy, A. (2015). Role of Clostridial Species as Causative Agents of Cellulitis in Turkey. Zagazig Veterinary Journal, 43(3), 105-114. doi: 10.21608/zvjz.2015.28447
MLA
Hamed A. El-Helw; Yasser A. Abdalla; Elham F. El-Sergany; Hala El-Sawy; Medhat M. Taha; Alaa A. El-Menisy. "Role of Clostridial Species as Causative Agents of Cellulitis in Turkey". Zagazig Veterinary Journal, 43, 3, 2015, 105-114. doi: 10.21608/zvjz.2015.28447
HARVARD
El-Helw, H., Abdalla, Y., El-Sergany, E., El-Sawy, H., Taha, M., El-Menisy, A. (2015). 'Role of Clostridial Species as Causative Agents of Cellulitis in Turkey', Zagazig Veterinary Journal, 43(3), pp. 105-114. doi: 10.21608/zvjz.2015.28447
VANCOUVER
El-Helw, H., Abdalla, Y., El-Sergany, E., El-Sawy, H., Taha, M., El-Menisy, A. Role of Clostridial Species as Causative Agents of Cellulitis in Turkey. Zagazig Veterinary Journal, 2015; 43(3): 105-114. doi: 10.21608/zvjz.2015.28447
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