necrotic dermatitis

necrotic dermatitis
a contagious, usually fatal disease of young chickens in which there is gangrenous necrosis of the skin of the thighs and breast, caused by infection with Clostridium septicum or some other Clostridium species. Chickens suffering from infectious bursal disease are particularly susceptible. Called also gangrenous cellulitis and gangrenous d.

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