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JOHN J. COLLINS, JR., MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1971;102(2):159-160.

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In 1952, an Ontario turkey raiser noted that some of his Broad Breasted Bronze birds were dying suddenly between 7 and 11 weeks of age. Particularly affected were larger male birds. At autopsy, the abdominal cavity was filled with blood. The owner purchased 2,500 BBB females from a different hatchery for the 1953 season in an effort to avoid this loss. When they were between 7 and 11 weeks of age, 150 birds (6%) were dead. All of the dead birds were well-nourished and most were above average in weight. Investigation by veterinary physicians at Ontario Veterinary College disclosed another instance of this syndrome in a flock of 16-week-old birds. After many careful necropsy examinations, McSherry and his colleagues established that the birds were dying of aortic rupture caused by dissecting aneurysms.¹ There was microscopic evidence of degeneration and neutrophilic infiltration of the media with actual medial necrosis in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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