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  • Title: Role of splenectomy in prevention of hemorrhagic enteritis and death from hemorrhagic enteritis virus in turkeys.
    Author: Ossa JE, Alexander J, Schurig GG.
    Journal: Avian Dis; 1983; 27(4):1106-11. PubMed ID: 6316896.
    Abstract:
    Hemorrhagic diarrhea, gross hemorrhagic enteritis, and death caused by intravenous virus injection of hemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV) were prevented in otherwise susceptible turkey poults by surgical splenectomy. The splenectomized poults produced anti-HEV antibodies, which indicated that splenectomy did not completely prevent replication of the virus. These results indicate that the spleen is necessary for the development of the intestinal lesions of this disease. The role of a toxic factor in this disease is discussed.
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