Open AccessSpiking mortality syndrome in broiler chickens clinical and morphological examinations of the cases recorded in Bulgaria
Author(s) -
I. Dinev,
D. Kanakov
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta veterinaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1820-7448
pISSN - 0567-8315
DOI - 10.2298/avb1101049d
Subject(s) - broiler , medicine , veterinary medicine , demography , biology , zoology , sociology
Clinical and morphological examinations were carried out in two broiler flocks with twenty thousand chickens each. The morbidity and mortality were followed on the basis of clinical signs and gross pathological examinations. Blood samples of affected chickens were obtained for the determination of blood sugar levels. Our results showed low morbidity, high mortality and a markedly depressed growth