A REPORT ON INCIDENCE OF CANDIDIASIS IN NATIVE CHICKENS
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A. Balasubramaniam
Professor and Head , Avian Disease Laboratory, TANUVAS, Thalaivasal, Salem district
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T.V. Tamilam
Assistant Professor, Avian Disease Laboratory, TANUVAS, Thalaivasal, Salem district
Keywords:
Candidiasis, Candidia albicans, Germ tube, Native chickenAbstract
Incidence of candidiasis and its ability to be a primary infection in a native chicken flock of 500 birds reared in cage system was reported. Grossly, pseudomembranous growth giving turkey-towel appearance was noticed in dead birds. Crops from affected chicken yielded Candida albicans was confirmed by culture and germ tube production in poultry serum from the crop samples collected from affected birds. Administration of copper sulphate was found to be effective in containing illness and the signs associated with candidiasis in the affected flock.
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