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Molecular epidemiology of unilateral amyloid arthropathy in broiler breeders associated with Enterococcus faecalis
1 Feb 2002
Abstract excerpt
Although symmetrical polyarticular amyloidosis has been described extensively in brown layers, spontaneous unilateral amyloid arthropathy has not been described previously in chickens. Birds from nine flocks of broiler parent stock (PS) had unilateral lameness associated with severe swelling of the left hock joint and the caudal aspect of the metatarsus. Gross pathology was restricted to the left hock joint and...
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