Salmonellosis in Peacock: A Case Report

The present case reports the occurrence of Salmonella spp. infection in wild bird. A carcass of peacock was submitted for the detail postmortem examination. Gross lesion in intestine reveled severe acute diffuse catarrhal enteritis and severe acute multifocal necrotic liver. The histopathological examination of intestine reveled disruption and sloughing of intestinal villi and infiltration of inflammatory cell in mucosal layer. Case was suspected for Salmonella spp. infection; hence the sample was collected from the intestine and cultured for the causative agent. The isolates were further confirmed by detection of invA gene (423 bp) using polymerase chain reaction as pathogenic Salmonella spp.