—Information regarding survival and cause-specific mortality of eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) is vital to their management, especially in small or isolated populations. Between January 2003 and August 2005, we used radio telemetry to investigate survival and cause-specific mortality of 87 [44 male (24 adult and 20 juvenile) and 43 female (34 adult and 9 juvenile)] wild t...

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Infection of young turkeys with Plasmodium durae produced a significant increase in the mean relative right ventricular mass from 0.172 in the controls to 0.208 in the infected group. Although turkeys react less strongly to hypoxia than broiler chickens, the similarity of this finding to that previously reported in broilers infected with Aegyptianella pullorum suggests that the hypoxic effect o...

An anaesthetic technique employing halothane in oxygen for use in adult turkeys is described. The mixture was administered using a Magill attachment and a Hall cat mask. Induction was rapid and excitement-free. Anaesthesia was maintained for varying periods of time up to a maYimnm of 80 minutes. Recovery was rapid. In a total of twenty-five turkeys no deaths occurred which were attributable to ...

Plasma and serum protein concentrations were determined in chickens and turkeys by refractometry (with human and veterinary refractometers) and by the biuret method. Chicken and turkey serum protein values were significantly lower than respective plasma protein values according to both methods. Refractometer readings for both plasma and serum correlated closely with the results of the biuret te...

Heat stress compromises turkey’s productivity and increase mortality mainly in the final stages of growth. This study evaluated effect perches its interaction with outdoor access on turkey performance high environment temperature humidity index (THI). Turkeys were reared 1.75 × 5 m indoor floor pens fed a standard commercial diet, offered ad libitum according to productive phase. All poults hou...

Biochemical and serological studies were conducted on 73 Pasteurella multocida isolants associated with fowl cholera, 13 from waterfowl, 19 from free-flying birds other than waterfowl, 18 from chickens, 5 from turkeys, and 18 from White Pekin ducks. Three serotypes (1, 3, and 7) were associated with waterfowl, four (1, 3, 6, and 8) with free-flying birds, three (1, 3, and 4) with chickens, one ...

On 34 days over a period of 30 months, samplings were made of randomly selected birds slaughtered in randomly chosen processing plants. Methods were designed so that Salmonella and paracolon bacteria isolated were indigenous to the intestinal tract of the selected bird. Incidence rates were 5.25% for turkeys, 0.54% for chicken hens, and 1.05% for chicken fryers. Infected birds, providing the po...

Inflammation is frequent at the site of injection in turkeys vaccinated with various commercial fowl cholera bacterins. Seven commercial and three laboratory bacterins were compared in 12week-old turkeys as to extent and severity of irritation with 3 routes of injection: subcutaneous, intradermal, and intramuscular. Commercial fowl cholera bacterins, particularly those with paraffin oil as the ...

We tested the hypothesis that the hindlimb muscles of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) can produce maximal power during running accelerations. The mechanical power developed during single running steps was calculated from force-plate and high-speed video measurements as turkeys accelerated over a trackway. Steady-speed running steps and accelerations were compared to determine how turkeys alt...