Comparative susceptibility of caponized and uncaponized tom turkeys to Pasteurella multocida.
1992
Friedlander R.C. | Olson L.D. | McCune E.L.
When susceptibility to virulent Pasteurella multocida was compared, there was no significant (P > 0.05) difference between caponized and uncaponized tom turkeys. Neither was there any significant (P > 0.05) difference between the surviving caponized and uncaponized toms in the development of serum anti P. multocida antibody. However, at 28 weeks of age, the average live body weight of the caponized toms was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than that of the uncaponized toms. Turkeys were caponized when 9 weeks old, and different groups were exposed to P. multocida when 13, 18, 23, and 28 weeks old.
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