Table 2.
Origins of isolates from poultry or poultry environments examined in this study
| Disease and source | No. of isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|
| By host |
Total | ||
| Broiler | Turkey | ||
| NEa | |||
| GIT | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Subtotal | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| PGb | |||
| Muscle | 19 | 22 | 41 |
| GITc | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Liverc | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Spleenc | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Subtotal | 37 | 28 | 65 |
| Noned | |||
| GIT | 31 | 10 | 41 |
| Liver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Blood | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Litter | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Beetles | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Subtotal | 36 | 18 | 54 |
| Total | 93 | 46 | 139 |
a
Isolates were recovered from 20 birds with symptoms of necrotic enteritis confirmed by typical intestinal gross pathology.
b
Isolates were recovered from 39 birds with symptoms of poultry gangrene confirmed by typical gross pathology of clostridial myonecrosis.
c
Isolates were recovered from birds with characteristic symptoms of poultry gangrene but were derived from tissues other than the gangrenous muscle lesions themselves.
d
Isolates were obtained from the poultry environment and from birds with no apparent signs of disease.