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HEXAMITIASIS
A DEADLY
DISEASE RETURNS
D. L. Singletary
Dept, of
Veterinary Science
Hexamiliasis is a protozoan
parasitic disease that affects a
number of different types of
poultry.
Turkeys, peafowl, ducks, and
game birds (pheasants, quail, chu
kars) are particularly troubled with
this disease. Even pigeons can be
infected.
“Old timers” in the poultry
industry called the disease infec
tious catarrhal enteritis. Strangely,
chickens do not show sickness but
they may carry the disease organ
ism in their intestine and shed the
parasite in their droppings.
Hexamiliasis was a major health
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problem for the early turkey indus
try. It was a particular problem for
turkey producers with multi-age
farms. Mortality approaching 90
percent occurred in young poults
that were not treated or properly
managed. Young birds, 1 to 9
weeks of age, were most seriously
affected; however, clinical disease
was rarely seen in adult birds.
In recent yeafs, hexamiliasis
had all but disappeared in the com
mercial poultry industry. Its depar
ture is believed due to the improve
ment in management practices and
to the introduction of antiblack
head and nitrofuran drugs.
For all practical purposes, hexa
mitiasis was no longer a major
health problem in commercial
turkeys. Poultry diagnostic labor
atories seldom saw the disease.
Only 10 cases were reported in
1986 in the entire United States.
No cases were reported in Pennsyl
vania turkeys in 1990 or 1991.
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Poultry Diagnostic Laboratory had
a case of turkey hexamitiasis. Why
the sudden reappearance of a dis
ease that has been rarely seen? The
most likely explanation is the gov
ernment’s removal of drugs that
were used to prevent and treat
blackhead (a disease also caused
by a protozoan parasite). These
products (a variety of antiblack
head and nitrofuran drugs) effec
tively controlled blackhead and as
a secondary benefit controlled
hexamitiasis as well. The poultry
industry may expect to see more
hexamitiasis in the future.
In my next article, the symp
toms, lesions, and control of hexa
mitiasis will be discussed. This
discussion will help poultrymen
recognize the disease if it should
occur in one of their poultry flocks.
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