Enlarged spleen in poultry is observed in?

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QUESTION

Enlarged spleen in poultry is observed in?

OPTIONS

(A) CRD
(B) Fowl cholera
(C) Fowl typhoid
(D) Ornithosis

ANSWER

(B) Fowl cholera

EXPLANATION

Fowl cholera caused by Pasteurella multocida can produce septicemia with splenic enlargement and congestion in poultry. Chronic respiratory disease, ornithosis, and fowl typhoid have different characteristic lesions, although systemic disease can occur; the enlarged spleen association intended here is fowl cholera.

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