Necropsy results, maybe salpingitis? GRAPHIC IMAGES

[NatureGirl74]

I have a 1-year-old Cuckoo Marans hen that died overnight. She's been acting normal up until about 2 days ago. She started hiding constantly and was getting picked on. I also noticed her abdomen was very swollen. She had started growing spurs too (about ½" long), which I didn't think anything of several months ago, but now I wonder if that was a sign that she had something wrong with her reproductive tract.

I did a necropsy, but it's my first one so I don't know exactly what I'm looking at. To me the liver, lungs, heart, kidneys, and breast meat all looked normal. She had a lot of fat around her vent. Not sure if this is normal or not, but all of her inestines seemed adhered to each other and the abdominal wall. I believe it was her oviduct that had yellow pus coming out when I touched it. It smelled horrible. I kept cutting into where the pus was coming from and found several tumor-looking things. They were quite large (4-5 inches long each) and not attached to anything. They slid right out. I cut one smaller one open and it looked like meat inside. My first though was reproductive cancer, but now I wonder if it's salpingitis. I haven't seen any lash eggs or abnormal eggs over the last few months. If it is salpingitis does the entire flock need to be treated?

Sorry for only getting a few pictures. I wish I would have taken more.

 

[Eggcessive]

I’m not an expert on necropsies, but that looks like lash material from salpingitis which has caused coelomitis (egg yolk peritonitis.) I will tag @coach723 and @Wyorp Rock and @azygous who also may help on necropsies. Sorry for your loss, but glad that you did the necropsy and posted pictures. If you took any other pictures of the liver and other organs, you are welcome to post those.

 

[Eggcessive]

There are some similar pictures in this link:
https://bitchinchickens.com/2021/02/08/case-study-salpingitis-2-2/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...gitis-or-both-warning-graphic-images.1201873/

 

[Perris]

If it is salpingitis does the entire flock need to be treated?

No. It's not a communicable disease, it's something that affects just the one individual who died from it - and there's very little you can do to treat it in any case. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Eggcessive]

I was wondering if you saw any water belly or yellow fluid that came out of the abdomen when you cut into the abdominal wall? That has been the case in many of my necropsies where there was salpingitis, cancer, and fatty liver disease.

 

[NatureGirl74]

I was wondering if you saw any water belly or yellow fluid that came out of the abdomen when you cut into the abdominal wall? That has been the case in many of my necropsies where there was salpingitis, cancer, and fatty liver disease.

I was expecting to see a lot of fluid because of how swollen her abdomen was, but there was just a very small amount of slightly yellowish fluid that came out. There was what looked like a mix of liquid pus and yolk that came out of the oviduct through a very small hole (possibly made by me). I don't have pictures of her liver, but it was dark red and wasn't covered in fat so I think that's good.

 

[Eggcessive]

This video of a vet necropsy is very good to watch for identification of the organs when you get a chance for any future necropsies :

 

[NatureGirl74]

This video of a vet necropsy is very good to watch for identification of the organs when you get a chance for any future necropsies :

Thanks, I'll definitely watch that!