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We found that birds were in fair to good nutritional condition with no significant gross or microscopic lesions. Ticks (Amblyomma spp.) and lice (three species) were present on 94 and 31% of birds, respectively. We commonly detected intestinal nematodes and cestodes and found coccidian oocysts in 39% and capillarid eggs in 6% of birds. The prevalences of lymphoproliferative disease virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus were 39 and 11%, respectively. Spleen samples tested with PCR were positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, Haemoproteus sp., and Leucocytozoon sp. in 11, 83, and 3%, respectively. Based on a subjective histologic assessment of testis tissues, most birds had widespread and abundant sperm present. Mineral analysis and broad toxicant screening on liver samples from 32 turkeys were unremarkable. Further work is needed to assess potential population risk factors and to determine individual- and population-level impacts of pathogens on adults and poults.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7589\/jwd-d-23-00162","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,10]],"date-time":"2024-07-10T00:30:09Z","timestamp":1720571409000},"page":"660-669","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF ADULT MALE EASTERN WILD TURKEYS (MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO SILVESTRIS) FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY, USA"],"prefix":"10.7589","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Ellen","family":"Haynes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, 589 D. W. 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