Salmonella pullorum from Turkey Eggs

Abstract

THE cycle of pullorum disease infection in turkeys appears to be similar, if not identical, to pullorum disease in chickens (Hinshaw, 1937). Infected fertile eggs laid by turkeys that are carriers of the disease are believed to be an initial source of dissemination to poults. That pullorum disease in chickens can be disseminated through infected hatching eggs has been supported, in part at least, by numerous reports on the isolation of S. pullorum from eggs laid by infected chickens. Similar reports for the dissemination of pullorum disease by recovery of S. pullorum from turkeys are surprisingly few. Hinshaw (1943) reported the isolation of S. pullorum from 5 out of 945 eggs laid by 22 turkey reactors to agglutination tests. The 5 infected eggs were laid by 4 birds. Hinshaw (1945) also states that subsequent studies revealed a higher incidence of infection as indicated by the following results: In a group .