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tissue_organ_import: 
Ovary: atresia, congestion, hemorrhages.
Morphologic diagnosis: 
Ovarian follicles: Atresia with hemorrhage and congestion
Clinical description: 
In chickens infected with velogenic viscerotropic Newcastle disease, ovaries frequently have gross lesions. These may include hemorrhage and necrosis (causing discoloration) and follicles may be flaccid and degenerative.
Pathologic description: 
This ovary contains several large follicles that have become flaccid and shrunken. The blood vessels over many follicles are prominent and the ventral-most follicle is dark red.
Record number: 
10384
Case number: 
Unknown
Age: 
Unknown
Breed: 
Unknown
Clinical form: 
Acute
Infection type: 
Natural
Zootechnical purpose: 
Egg layers- brown egg
Zootechnical purpose type: 
Commercial
Housing/mgmnt type: 
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Priority: 
1
Rights: 
© Cornell University
Tissues and organs: 
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