A comparative study of cultures of microorganisms involved in chronic colibacillosis in fowl
Osborne, J.C.; Witter, J.F.; Hitchner, E.R.
M. S. C. Veterinarian 6(1-2): 25-29
1945
PMID: 20990772 Document Number: 3329
1. A description of six cultures of "cholera-like" organisms of avian origin has been given, five of which have been shown to belong to the genus Escherichia. The latter cultures were highly pathogenic for rabbits and guinea pigs. 2. The disease they produce in chickens has been characterized as chronic colibacillosis. 3. The disease manifests itself in a manner strikingly similar to that of fowl cholera and the diseases (so-called) blue comb, pullet disease, and ruptured egg-yolk. 4. The diagnostician should inject laboratory animals routinely to determine the pathogenicity of freshly isolated Escherichia cultures of avian origin.
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