Studies on ornithosis in Poultry In Egypt

L -.A study on pOll1try ornithosis .in Egypt was undertaken..Spocimens wore obtnined froll diffetcnt provinces and covered different specics of paultry, na~cly, pigc~ne,turkeys, ducks, chickens, and alSO psittacine birds.Materials for study in this investigation included diseased flocks, Doribund birds and carcasses.2 _ The clinj_cal and pathological findirigs in cach spcciez were rccordcd~ 3 _ Isolation of the causative agent by inocul~tioD of~icc fro~ cases suggesting ornithosis was undertaken.Isolatcs werc scrologically idontifiod by the cD~ple- ment fixation test.Total of 80 pigeons wore exa~incd arid 13 strcins Bcreisolated and identified (16~2%). s pcca.r .. icn ran uur cys were cxa~J..J..DCd an :LSO .ot c cwe re ab t ci.nc d (20%).from 46 speciLlcDS of chickens, bv.o isolates vlcrc a b t ai n o d (4 ~ 3~0) It Frou 35 spC6iDCDS of ducks of various agos thIcCisolates were obtained (8.3%).Fro~ 9 dcad carcassCs of psittacine birds thr.c isolates were recorded (33.3%)•