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From: Diversity of Escherichia coli strains involved in vertebral osteomyelitis and arthritis in broilers in Brazil

Fig. 2

Clinical signs and gross pathology of vertebral osteomyelitis (a, b, c) and arthritis (d, e, f) in broilers. a Broiler showing the classical clinical sign of severe cases of vertebral osteomyelitis. b Note the enlargement of affected vertebral body (T4), c which revels caseonecrotic material and spinal cord compression on longitudinal section. d Broiler with bilateral arthritis showing ventral recumbency and retracted legs. e Suppurative exudate in articular cavity in acute arthritis, f which extended to proximal tibiotarsus causing tibial osteomyelitis

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