PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Pak Vet J, 2015, 35(4): 525-527

Histopathological Findings and Apoptosis Caused by E. coli in Layer Birds

Kübra Asena Terim Kapakin¹, Samet Kapakin², Ali Kurt¹, Hatice Iskender³, Serdar Altun¹ and Demet Celebi⁴

¹Department of Pathology; ²Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey; ³Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Nursing, Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey; ⁴Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey

Abstract

In this study, our aim was to evaluate lesions seen in the tissues in terms of histopathology and to investigate the apoptotic cells seen in the tissues when E. coli outbreak occurred in a poultry farm. A total of 48 Lohmann White strains (53 weeks old) were submitted to the laboratory for necropsy. Microbiologic and histopathologic examinations were done on the samples taken from tissues. Apoptotic cells were determined in all of the tissues. The number of apoptotic cells increased as the tissue damage increased.

Key words: Apoptosis, Chicken, Escherichia coli

Abstract

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)