Diseases

Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome

An acute, transmissible, infectious disease associated with high MORTALITY and MORBIDITY in young turkeys (poults). It is characterized by DIARRHEA; ANOREXIA; growth depression, and immune dysfunction. The cause is unknown but astroviruses (AVASTROVIRUS) and coronaviruses (CORONAVIRUS, TURKEY) have been isolated from diseased poults and are thought to cause the enteritis and increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.

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An acute, transmissible, infectious disease associated with high MORTALITY and MORBIDITY in young turkeys (poults). It is characterized by DIARRHEA; ANOREXIA; growth depression, and immune dysfunction. The cause is unknown but astroviruses (AVASTROVIRUS) and coronaviruses (CORONAVIRUS, TURKEY) have been isolated from diseased poults and are thought to cause the enteritis and increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Spiking Mortality Syndrome
  • Mortality Syndrome, Spiking

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

don't forget TURKEYS (NIM)

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History Note

2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Enteritis, Transmissible, of Turkeys (1997-2002)
  • Poultry Diseases (1991-2002)

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  1. C01w.655
  2. C22w.131.728w.650

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D031261. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D031261
  2. Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8326098