《英文msh词典》Spiking Mortality Syndrome
[同义词] Spiking Mortality Syndrome
[主题词] Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome
[英文释义] An acute,transmissible,infectious disease associated with high MORTALITY and MORBIDITY in young turkeys (poults). It is characterized by DIARRHEA,ANOREXIA,growth depression,and immune dysfunction. The cause is unknown but astroviruses (ASTROVIRUS) and coronaviruses (CORNONAVIRUS,TURKEY) have been isolated from diseased poults and are thought to cause the enteritis and increased susceptiblity to bacterial infections.