Five-week-old turkey poults were given two consecutive intravenous injections (24 hours apart) of highly purified Pasteurella multocida lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in an effort to induce a generalized Shwartzman reaction. There were no gross lesions, and microscopic lesions were limited to focal hepatic necrosis with heterophil infiltration. Hepatic lesions did not differ qualitatively from lesions in turkeys given a single dose of lipopolysaccharide. Margination of heterophils in the pulmonary vasculature was observed in turkeys 4 hours after a single injection of LPS, but it was not present in turkeys given the consecutive injections of LPS. To induce a dermal Shwartzman reaction, turkeys were given intradermal injections of LPS followed by an intravenous injection of LPS 24 hours later. Although no grossly visible hemorrhagic dermal necrosis occurred, microscopic lesions, including heterophil infiltration, vasculitis, thrombosis, and necrosis, were present. Thrombosis and vasculitis were observed only in turkeys given the intravenous and intradermal LPS, whereas the other inflammatory changes were observed in turkeys given the intradermal injection of LPS and intravenous water. Prominent lymphocytic perivascular cuffing at the site of dermal injection was present in all turkeys given intradermal LPS.
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