An out breaks of pox clinical signs among Turkey in Iraq

Abstract

A natural outbreak of pox was reported in Turkey (poult) farm for the first time in Iraq. The infected poult were 1 month age and showed generalized skin nodular lesions. More severe lesions were observed on the head and upper neck. The morbidity and mortality rates were (23 out of 23) 100% and (20 out of 23) 86.95% respectively. The diagnosis of disease was done according to typical clinical signs, morbidity and mortality rates. The author recommend to do another survey studies on the turkey farms and isolate the causative agent