Isolation and molecular identification of riemerella anatipestifer from ducks in assam

Considering the highest duck population in the eastern part of India, a preliminary study was carried out in Assam to investigate duck septicaemia like disease condition and the association of Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks. Among the 98samples collected from ducks (34) comprising healthy ducks (10), ducks with clinical symptoms (19), suggestive of duck septicaemia and dead ducks (5); 13 samples revealed isolation of R. anatipestifer.