Abstract
Recently, workers at this station observed a 36-week old female turkey with duplicate vents. The general physical condition of the bird was good; however, the blood appeared to be thin and light in color. The vents, both of which excreted fecal material, were located three inches apart center to center, and approximately one and one-half inches lateral to the normal location and on the same horizontal plane (Fig. 1). Due to the size and appearance of the vents it was thought that both were capable of accommodating oviposition.The day following blood collection this bird was found dead. Internal examination revealed the bird to be an internal layer. Approximately one pint of decomposed yolk material was present in the abdominal cavity.Body stresses involved in the elimination of this yolk material may have been responsible for the observed blood condition. The added stress of blood collection may have been associated…
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