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Title: Disease Monitoring of Wild Turkeys Used in the 1983 Transplant Program

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 2965

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: In the winter of 1983, 24 wild trapped turkeys from Iowa and 6 wild trapped turkeys from Pennsylvania were released in Michigan on two state wildlife areas (Rose Lake and Waterloo). Domestic poultry, all domestic animals for that matter, must be tested for specific diseases and pass a health examination when moved interstate. Therefore, it is logical that wild turkeys be monitored for diseases of concern to domestic poultry plus diseases that are known to cause mortality in wild turkeys. This will serve to convey a concern for diseases that might impact domestic poultry resources and may avoid controversy between wildlife and agricultural agencies. This was accomplished through the pre-release testing of transplant stock. Once the turkeys tested negative for Mycoplasma spp. and Salmonella pullorum, they were released. These were the main diseases of concern for wild turkeys.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: Stephen M. Schmitt, Thomas M. Cooley, and Paul D. Friedrich

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: reports

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: wildlife health

Subject: diseases

Subject: wild turkey

Subject: wildlife management

Subject: birds