Zootecnica International - English edition - 04 April - 2020

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VETERINARY SCIENCE

Pulmonary Nocardiosis in turkey poults Nocardiosis is an opportunistic, noncontagious, pyogranulomatous or suppurative disease of domestic animals, wildlife and people. In domestic animals, it causes mastitis, pneumonia (granulomatous lesions in lungs), abscesses and cutaneous lesions. Peter Gazdzinski Cuddy Farms Ltd.

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Nocardia species are aerobic actinomycetes that belong to order Actinomycetales which comprises a complex group of pathogens like Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium. They

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