RIP, June.
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Thank you for the courage amd detail you followed this tragedy through with. I’m so sorry for your loss. May the information here help many others. May it be a benefit for all chickens everywhere.I just spoke with Dr Niles from the state lab. His findings are pointing to either lymphoma from lymphoid leucosis (LL) or Marek's. He found enlarged kidneys, which points to LL, but he sent tissue samples off the their pathology lab for further testing to try to pin-point what this is. (My flock has previously been diagnosed as carrying LL)
What it isn't is a respiratory disease or bacterial infection.
The results of the pathology tests could be in by tomorrow.
Stay tuned.
I tried early on to send a blood sample from May to the lab in Texas that does DNA tests. I gave up on that since our USPS has become as primitive as when it was started by Ben Franklin in 1775, I wasn't able to be assured the sample would be still viable when it got there. Colorado state labs do not have the capability of this lab test to determine virus DNA. I have no FedEx or UPS facilities in my area. This "Greatest Country in the World" has considerable areas that qualify as third world countries where services associated with advanced civilzation are non-existent.I am dealing with a similar situation. The pathologist said the chicken had died from Lymphoma. Avian leukosis and Marek's are two possible causes for this. He had said he is going to send tissue samples to Mississippi State to run a PCA test to rule out Marek's. Have you done this test?