National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The purpose of this study was designed to isolate and identify the bacterial organisms from the chicken flocks which are affected by Swollen Head Syndrome (SHS) in and around Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. Clinical materials like infraorbital sinus swabs, chonal cleft swabs, tracheal swabs and lungs were collected for the bacterial culture. Suspected bacterial cultures were used for biochemical tests and PCR. Out of 48 positive flocks, 9 got positive for Avibacterium paragallinarum¸ 8 for Mycoplasma gallisepticum and remaining flocks are positive for Escherichia coli in combination with Avian metapneumovirus, Staphlylococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp., and Pasteurella spp., This suggests that SHS can be associated with most of the bacteria other than pneumovirus.
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