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**These ''Salmonellae'' can infect the ovaries of hens and be transmitted via eggs
 
**These ''Salmonellae'' can infect the ovaries of hens and be transmitted via eggs
 
**Pullorum disease infects young chickens and turkeys (under 3 weeks); high mortality rates; anorexia, depression, white diarrhoea; white nodules throughout lungs; focal necrosis of liver and [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]]</div>
 
**Pullorum disease infects young chickens and turkeys (under 3 weeks); high mortality rates; anorexia, depression, white diarrhoea; white nodules throughout lungs; focal necrosis of liver and [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]]</div>
**Fowl typhoid causes similar lesions to pullorum disease in young birds; septicaemic condition in adult birds with sudden death (enlarged, friable, bole-stained liver and enlarged [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]])
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**Fowl typhoid causes similar lesions to pullorum disease in young birds; septicaemic condition in adult birds with sudden death (enlarged, friable, bole-stained liver and enlarged [[Spleen - Anatomy & Physiology|spleen]]). On post mortem inspection bronzing of the organs is notable.
 
**Paratyphoid caused by non host-specific ''Salmonella'' serotypes, e.g. ''S.'' Enteritidis and ''S.'' Typhimurium; often subclinical infections
 
**Paratyphoid caused by non host-specific ''Salmonella'' serotypes, e.g. ''S.'' Enteritidis and ''S.'' Typhimurium; often subclinical infections
  
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