Tracheal mucus transport rate in normal turkeys and in turkeys infected with Bordetella avium (Alcaligenes faecalis). Academic Article

abstract

• Using the radiopharmaceutical 99mtechnetium-sulfur colloid, the tracheal mucus transport rate (TMTR) was measured in healthy unanesthetized turkeys and in turkeys infected with Bordetella avium. The TMTR of uninfected turkeys was 35.6 +/- 14.4 cm/min. The TMTR of B. avium-infected turkeys was normal on days 0 through 14 postexposure (PE), despite heavy bacterial colonization of the tracheal epithelium. On day 21 PE, the TMTR of B. avium-infected turkeys was significantly depressed (P less than or equal to 0.01) compared with that of control turkeys. Depressed transport was associated with extensive loss of ciliated epithelium from the tracheal mucosa and replacement of the normal mucosa by immature nonciliated epithelium or metaplastic squamous epithelium.

authors

• Edwards, John

published proceedings

• Avian Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Ficken, M. D., Edwards, J. F., Lay, J. C., & Tveter, D. E.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Ficken, MD||Edwards, JF||Lay, JC||Tveter, DE

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• JSTOR  Publisher

published in

• AVIAN DISEASES  Journal

keywords

• Alcaligenes
• Animals
• Bordetella Infections
• Male
• Mucus
• Poultry Diseases
• Respiratory Tract Infections
• TRACHEA
• Turkeys

PubMed Central ID

• 3729858

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1590627

start page

• 154

end page

• 159

volume

• 30

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.2307%2F1590627