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This study was undertaken to analyze the histologic lesions preceding grossly visible liver lesions leading to condemnation because of sep\/tox at the processing plant. Livers from carcasses of broilers condemned by USDA inspectors for sep\/tox were used to establish microscopic and gross criteria of end-stage sep\/tox hepatitis. Following the characterization of sep\/tox hepatitis, broilers from a farm with a history of sep\/tox condemnations were submitted for postmortem examination and bacteriologic investigation at four intervals during the final 20 days of production. Five healthy and five clinically ill chickens were submitted from four houses at 18, 25, 32, and 38 days of production (160 total). Microscopic lesions representing hepatic perisinusoidal myofibroblast proliferation (HPMP), periportal extramedullary granulopoiesis (PEMG), splenic follicular histiocytosis, and bone marrow cellularity (BMC) were graded subjectively for each bird, and subjective grading was evaluated with digital quantitative techniques. Perisinusoidal hepatic stellate cell morphology and progressive transformation of these cells into myofibroblasts was confirmed by immunohistochemistry for smooth muscle actin and desmin. Aerobic cultures of livers and gall bladders from sep\/tox birds yielded no growth of bacteria associated with septicemia. Mild to severe HPMP was observed in all age groups, representing 28% of examined birds. Increases in inflammatory cells observed by PEMG and BMC were positively correlated with progressive HPMP and end-stage sep\/tox hepatitis in broiler chickens.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1637\/aviandiseases-d-19-00157","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,11]],"date-time":"2021-03-11T06:00:24Z","timestamp":1615442424000},"page":"10-17","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Hepatic Perisinusoidal Myofibroblast Proliferation and Systemic Inflammatory Response Precedes Sep\/Tox Hepatitis in Broilers"],"prefix":"10.1637","volume":"65","author":[{"given":"Erfan","family":"Chowdhury","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Roberts","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heather","family":"Walz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System, Auburn, AL 36832"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R\u00fcdiger","family":"Hauck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amit","family":"Morey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, AL 36849"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shannon","family":"Morgan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"P.O. 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