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HEMATOLOGICAL STUDY IN BROILERS INOCULATED WITH SALMONELLA GALLINARUM

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to observe the hematology changes that take2 broilers during acute fowl typhoid. Hematological parameters were investigated in the blood of thirty-six birds infected with Salmonella gallinarum and compared with thirty-six birds of a control group. The blood samples were taken on days 24, 26, 31, 38, 45 and 52. During the development of the acute disease, was observed a severe macrocytic and hipochromic anemia, leucocytosis and heterophilia with juvenile cells.

KEY WORDS:
Poultry; avian hematology; Salmonella gallinarum.

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