Turkey's Slow Revolution

Lactobacilli from turkeys.

Lactobacilli have been reported as being a predominant bacterial type in the intestinal tract of various warm-blooded animals. For instance, Crecelius and Rettger (1943) found that lactobacilli are the most prevalent bacteria in the intestinal tract of guinea pigs. Shapiro and Sarles (1949) reported that lactobacilli are the most numerous bacteria in most areas of the intestinal tract of chicke...

Diseases Of Turkeys

Halothane anaesthesia in turkeys.

An anaesthetic technique employing halothane in oxygen for use in adult turkeys is described. The mixture was administered using a Magill attachment and a Hall cat mask. Induction was rapid and excitement-free. Anaesthesia was maintained for varying periods of time up to a maYimnm of 80 minutes. Recovery was rapid. In a total of twenty-five turkeys no deaths occurred which were attributable to ...

Albumin Phenotypes in Turkeys.

I N a search for polymorphisms in plasma proteins of turkeys, we observed differences in the electrophoretic patterns of proteins which migrated in the region of the alb~rnins.~ On tracing the pedigrees of the birds it became apparent that the alleles for the three albumin types were segregating only in descendants from a cross between the domestic species (Meleagris gallopavo) and the ocellate...

Salinomycin toxicity in turkeys.

Five 7-day trials using 336, 24, 24, 40, and 40 Large White male turkeys when 7, 11, 15, 27, and 32 weeks of age, respectively, were conducted to determine the toxic effects of salinomycin. Salinomycin became more toxic as the age of the turkeys increased. When 7-week-old turkeys were fed diets containing 44 or 66 ppm salinomycin, only 1 of 84 died; when turkeys 27 or 32 weeks of age were fed t...