Case control study of fowl cholera in meat turkeys in California from August 1985 through July 1986 [corrected]

D W Hird; T E Carpenter; K P Snipes; D C Hirsh; R H McCapes

Case control study of fowl cholera in meat turkeys in California from August 1985 through July 1986 [corrected]

Am J Vet Res. 1991 Feb;52(2):212-6.

Authors

D W Hird¹, T E Carpenter, K P Snipes, D C Hirsh, R H McCapes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.

PMID: 2012330

Abstract

From Aug 1985 through July 1986, 720 meat turkey flocks on 160 California premises were monitored and outbreaks of fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida) were investigated. Data from 43 outbreak (case) flocks were compared with data from 43 nonoutbreak (control) flocks. Outbreak flocks, compared with control flocks, were more likely to be located on premises with higher maximal bird capacity and history of fowl cholera outbreaks. The overall impression was that flocks in larger, newer, more intensively managed premises were at greater risk of fowl cholera outbreaks than were other flocks.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
California / epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data
Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
Pasteurella Infections / epidemiology
Pasteurella Infections / microbiology
Pasteurella Infections / veterinary*
Poultry Diseases / epidemiology*
Poultry Diseases / microbiology
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Turkeys*