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Upper lethal environmental temperature in turkeys.

E Simensen·L D Olson
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Of a total of 16 turkeys in a temperature controlled chamber with a low air velocity, 14 died during an accidental 16-hr exposure, because of a malfunction of a thermostat, to a temperature of 38.5 C and 80% relative humidity. These turkeys had been previously maintained at a temperature of 20 C for 6 days. Of the 2 surviving turkeys, one alert and one depressed, there were 1) an increased percent erythrocytes in the hematocrit, 2) a decreased ratio of blood mononuclear cells to blood polymorphonuclear cells, 3) a marked increase in plasma corticosterone concentration, and 4) a definite reduction of lymphocytes in the bursal follicles of the alert turkey and a nearly complete depletion in the depressed turkey.

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E Simensen, L D Olson. 1980. Upper lethal environmental temperature in turkeys.. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0592578

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