Spiking Mortality Syndrome

《英文msh詞典》Spiking Mortality Syndrome
[同義詞] Spiking Mortality Syndrome
[主題詞] Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome
[英文釋義] An acute,transmissible,infectious disease associated with high MORTALITY and MORBIDITY in young turkeys (poults). It is characterized by DIARRHEA,ANOREXIA,growth depression,and immune dysfunction. The cause is unknown but astroviruses (ASTROVIRUS) and coronaviruses (CORNONAVIRUS,TURKEY) have been isolated from diseased poults and are thought to cause the enteritis and increased susceptiblity to bacterial infections.