[Disease and depressed egg production in turkeys resulting from the use of a semen diluent contaminated by bacteria (author's transl)].

A report on acute disease and irreversible depression of egg production in turkeys associated with considerable economic losses, probably due to bacterial contamination of the semen diluent. The disease was almost completely reproduced experimentally using remainders of this semen diluent and a suspension of bacteria isolated from the diluent. On post-mortem examination, active ovaries, chronic peritonitis, residues of yolk in the abdomen and inflammation of the infundibulum were observed. In view of the presence of pathological changes in this portion of the oviduct, the depressed egg production was probably due to impairment of function of the infundibulum.