• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.73-80
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• 1970

This report summarized the results of the post-mortem diagnosis oil the 1,785 fowl live and dead during the calender year of 1966 to 1968. The disease incidences in order were; leucosis complex(21.9%) newcastle disease (10.4%), coccidiosis (6.6%) and mismanagement(3.9%). There were also a number of other diseases common to tb,e poultry flocks such as avian mycoplasmosis, pullorum disease and, nutritional disorder etc.

• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.277-281
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• 2013

The experiment was undertaken to see the effects of Bacillus sp. on the growth performance and disease resistance to Salmonella sp. infections. The use of probiotic microbes in poultry is commonly practiced. In this study, Bacillus subtilis was tested using a total of 120 chicks of age of 1 day after hatching. The growth traits examined were body weight gain and feed conversion rate. And also, the Salmonella resistance of Bacillus subtilis was tested after the chicks were orally administered with Salmonella pullorum by gavage force injections. The result showed that Bacillus subtilis yielded a high feed efficiency, consequently increased growth rate. For the effect of Bacillus subtilis on Salmonella infection, Bacillus subtilis significantly improved the resistance to Salmonella pullorum infection. Various clinical symptoms of Salmonella infection were highly decreased by addition of Bacillus sp.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 1980

Incidence of avian infectious diseases in breeder chickens was followed serologically. Serum samples were collected during the period of 1978~1979 from breeders throughout country and tested for the presence of antibodies against Salmonella pullorum(SP), Mycoplasma gallisepticum(MG), Avian Infectious Bronchitis virus(AIBV), Infectious Bursal Disease virus(IBDV) and Egg Drop Syndrome Virus(EDS). The tests used serum plate agglutination for SP and MG, immuno-diffusion for AIBV and IBDV and hemagglutination-inhibition test for EDS virus. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Individuals and Hocks incidence rate of Avian Infectious Bronchitis virus were 16.9% and 55.3%. 2. Individuals and Hocks incidence rate of Infectious Bursal Disease virus were 50.1% and 66.4%. 3. Individuals and Hocks incidence rate of sal. pullorum were 17.2% and 65.9%. 4. Individuals and flocks incidence rate of M. gallisepticum were 36.2% and 63.2%. 5. Individuals and flocks incidence rate of Egg Drop Syndrome (BC 14) virus were 14.1% and 46.3%.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.347-353
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• 2006

Serum samples of 30 chickens per flock from 6 grand parent stock (GPS) farms and 70 parent stock (PS) farms were collected for seroprevalent study of pullorum disease-fowl typhoid (PD-FT) infection by serum plate agglutination test (SPA). The incidence of PD-FT infection in GPS flocks and PS flocks were 0% and 15.7%, respectively. Especially PS flocks infected with PD-FT showed age dependent patterns that 22.2% of flocks between 20 to 30 weeks of age and 38.9% of flocks between 30 to 40 weeks of age were positive. The incidence of GPS flocks and PS flocks using Salmonella (S.) gallinarum 9R (SG9R) live vaccine were 33.3% and 58.6%, respectively. The sero-positive rate of 11 flocks were 6.7-83.3% by SPA and 2.9-55.6% by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and ELISA showed more lower antibody levels than SPA. Furthermore, specific antibodies produced by SG9R vaccination were detectable by SPA using SG9R antigen without cross-reaction with the PD-FT infection.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.45-49
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• 2014

Pullorum disease and fowl typhoid are septicemic avian diseases transmitting through egg by transovarian infections. A series of tests has been performing in breeding flocks of chickens and test plans for proper inspection have been modified by government veterinary institute to control of such diseases. To improve inspection plans, different test methods were compared using fowl typhoid positive samples from a poultry farm located in Jeonbuk state in 2012. Based on first inspection, 11 samples among total 200 samples were positive by rapid slide agglutination (RSA) test and 7 samples among RSA positive samples were finally diagnosed as Salmonella Gallinarum infection by ELISA, bacterial isolation, PCR, and histopathologic examination. In the second inspection, 20 samples among total 100 samples were positive by RSA test. Among RSA positive ones, 19 samples were positive by ELISA, S. Gallinarm were successfully isolated in 3 samples, and 16 samples were positive by PCR in the cecal tonsils where were not successful for bacterial isolation. Based on histopathologic examination, severe inflammation in the 13 cecal tonsils and infiltration of lymphocytes and heterophils in the 11 livers were observed. Therefore, we suggest that bacterial isolation, PCR, and histopathologic examination methods in the third inspection need to be further used in various tissues for correct diagnosis and for final eradication of pullorum disease and fowl typhoid in breeding flocks of chickens.

• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.137-150
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• 1992

Poultry production in korea is a very complex situation. Large modernized farms and old styles of small farming coexist with one another. This gives rise to a tangled epidemiological situation in terms of infectious diseases. The main poultry diseases of economic importance are colibacillosis, pullorum diseases, Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection, infectious coryza, infectious synovitis, Newcasyle disease, fowl pox, Marek's disease, avian encephalomyelitis, infectious bursal disease, infectious laryngotracheitis, infectious bronchitis and coccidiosis. Avian influenza, fowl cholera and fowl typhoid have not been reported for a few decades, and these are rated as exotic diseases.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.135-144
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• 2003

Fowl typhoid is a septicemic disease of turkeys and chickens. The antigen is Salmonella(S) gallinarum, which cross-reacts with S pullorum because of common antigen. The organism is maintained in the ovary of carrier birds and transmitted vertically in the york. It is also transmitted horizontally through feces and broken eggs. The symptoms are weakness, drowsiness, wing drooping, hyperexcitability, paresis and diarrhea. In the many cases, the birds are found dead in the morning before any symptoms have been noticed. this experiment was carried out to investigate the characteristics of S gallanarum and scrutinized about the control systems. 1. Fowl typhoid was came about in the winter than the other seasons. The average of mortality was 46.3%. And it was came about not only adult poultry but also chicks. 2. S gallinarum was isolated from liver and spleen in infected chickens. Total isolated strains were 60. 3. The organisms were all extinct at 60$^{\circ}C$, 30mins. 4. A survival rate was higher in underground water than a secondary distilled water. It was detected in underground water until 30 days. 5. When being exposed to the solar light, it became extinct almost within 24 hours. 6. It was survived in a refrigerator until 12 months. 7. It was extinct among 5 mins in 0.1% phenol and 2% formalin. 8. When the cultured organism fluid was inoculated in SD-rat abdominal cavity, rat died within 24 hours. 9. Pullorum-typhoid related program must disciplines in order to destroy the fowl typhoid, and breeding system must be converted to cage system.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.117-121
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• 1989

An observation on the outbreak patterns of zoonoses was carried out on 261,862 cattle, 1,967 swine, 91,500 fowl samples in Chronnam Province. And it was classified by ppsitive.reaction from numbers of request examined and diagnosis to Animal Health Center of Chonnam Province from 1983 to 1988. The results are summarized as follows: Incidence rate of zoonoses in Chonnam area was observed in the order of alveolar sarcoma of fowl (75.0%), bovine facioliasis (47.6%), bovine mastitis (19.0%), bovine salmonellosis (12.6%), salmonellosis of swine (11.0%), salmonellosis of fowl (8.9%), bovine streptogenes (6.7%), tetanus of bovine (2.0%), streptogenes of swine (1.7%), pullorum disease (0.6%), bovine tubercullosis (0.02%), and bovine brucellosis (0.01%). And, especially bovine facioliasis was observed highest outbreaks (89.4%).

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.139-145
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• 2020

This study was carried out to identify the occurrence of transovarian transmitted diseases and antibody positive rates among Korean native breeder chickens. The infection rates with Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum among 16-week-old, 36-week-old, and 56-week-old breeder chickens and the antibody positive rates to Egg Drop Syndrome '76, Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae among 16-week-old, 18-week-old, and 56-week-old breeder chickens were identified, and the antibody positive rates to seven major transovarian transmitted diseases among 1-day-old chicks were investigated. As a result, no infection with Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum was found among the investigated subjects of all ages. Vaccinated breeder chickens showed the 100% antibody positive rate to Egg Drop Syndrome '76, and unvaccinated breeder chickens showed the 100% antibody negative rate to Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae, confirming that there was no infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae. As a result of the antibody tests of the 1-day-old chicks for transovarian transmitted diseases, it was found that vaccinated chicks showed good antibody positive rates to avian encephalomyelitis, chicken infectious anemia, and avian reovirus, confirming that they had power of defense against the relevant infectious diseases, and that unvaccinated chicks showed the 100% antibody negative rates to avian leukosis, chicken reticuloendotheliosis, and Mycoplasma synoviae, confirming that there was no infection with the relevant diseases. Given that the results of this study showed that among the transovarian transmitted diseases of chickens, there was no history of infection with diseases against which vaccination was not administered and high antibody positive rates were found with diseases against which vaccination was administered, it is judged that chickens with good power of defense against diseases were bred, and it is deemed that constant monitoring and vaccination against transovarian transmitted diseases will be necessary for the control and prevention of the diseases.

• Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.53-64
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• 1980

A total of 1503 specimens were submitted to the Poultry Disease Diagnostic Service Laboratory during the year 1966 and 1978. The most frequently diagnosed diseases in order of prevalence were avian mycoplasmosis, staphylococcosis, colibacillosis, salmonellosis and pullorum disease, the percentages of the conditions being 24.6%, 20.0%, 18.0%, 12.6% and 6.4%, respectively, The drug resistance of pathogenic mirnoorganisms isolated during the year 1978 from chicken with colicabacillosis, staphylococcosis or salmonellosis were investigated by the use of disc diffusion technique, the results being as follow. 1) Drug resistance of 63 strains of Escherichia coli More than 95% of the strains tested were sensitive to colistin and gentamicin. The percentages of strains sensitive to kanamycin, chloramphenicol, ampicillin and nitrofurantoin were 66.7%, 60.3%, 60.3% and 47.6%, respectively. Majority of the strains were highly resistant to streptomycin and tetracyline. All the strains were resisistant to bacitracin lincomycin, oleandomycin, penicillin and erythromycin. All the strains tested were resistant to more than two among 10 drugs in common use such as penicillin, erythromycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, neomycin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, ampicillin and gentamicin, and 27 different resistance patterns were noted. The most frequent multiple resistance pattern was PC, EM, SM and TC (11.1%). 2) Drug resistance of 48 strains of Salmonella More than 95% of the strains tested were sensitive to colistin, gentamicin ana ampicillin. The percentages of st rains sensitive to kanamycin, tetracycline, neomycin and nitrofurantoin were 81,3%, 79%, 72.9%, and 68.0% respectively. None of them was sensitive to streptomycin, oleandomycin, erythromycin, lincomycin and bacitracin. All the strains were resistant to more than one among 7 drugs in common use such as streptomycin, erythromycin, neomycin, tetracycline, kanamycin, ampicillin and gentamicin. The most frequent resistance pattern was SM and EM(66.7%). 3) Drug resistance of 54 strains of Staphylococci All the strains tested were sensitive to gentmaicin, kanamycin and cephalothin. Majority of them were highly sensitive to bacitracin, methicillin, nitrofurantoin and chloramphenicol. The Percentages of strains sensitive to streptomycin, ampicillin, lincomycin and tetracycline were 66.7%, 55.6%, 44.4% and 27.8%, respectively. Among them, 51 strains were resistant to more than one among 11 drugs in common use such as tetracycline, lincomycin, ampicillin, penicillin, streptomycin, erythromycin, neomycin, oleandomycin, chloramphenicol, methicillin and bacitracin, and thirty one different resistance patterns were noted.