Three 7-wk-old Bobwhite quail were submitted for necropsy to the Douglas branch of the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network. Grossly, one bird had multiple white foci in the liver and a mild airsacculitis. In this quail there were multiple hepatic granulomas that contained mats of filamentous bacteria easily seen in hematoxylin- and eosin-stained histologic sections. These bacteria were negative with period acid-Schiff and were not acid fast. Bacteria were gram-positive but were most evident on Warthin-Starry silver-stained sections. The appearance and histochemical characteristics of these bacteria are most consistent with Eubacterium tortuosum.
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1 September 2007
Liver Granulomas Due to Eubacterium Tortuosum in a Seven-Week-Old Bobwhite Quail
Susan M. Williams,
Scott Hafner,
Yoga Sundram
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Avian Diseases
Vol. 51 • No. 3
September 2007
Vol. 51 • No. 3
September 2007
Bobwhite Quail
Eubacterium tortuosum
liver granulomas