Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a causative agent of erysipelas in avian and mammalian species globally. Eight dead 5-week-old Ross broiler chickens were submitted for diagnostic tests in September 2005. Typical signs including white necrotic foci on the liver, focal congestion of the pancreas, severe atrophy and hardening of the bursa of Fabricius were detected. E. rhusiopathiae was isolated from haemorrhagic lung samples. However, no specific PCR product for the viral diseases tested was detected in these chicken samples. To our best knowledge, this is the first report of the isolation of E. rhusiopathiae in broiler chickens in Korea.

• 바스넷홈바하둘(국립수의과학검역원) | Hom Bahadur Basnet (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
• 강민수(국립수의과학검역원) | Min-Su Kang (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
• 김애란(국립수의과학검역원) | Aeran Kim (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service)
• 권혁준(서울대학교 수의과대학) | Hyuk-Joon Kwon (Avian Diseases Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
• 김선중(서울대학교 수의과대학) | Sun-Joong Kim (Avian Diseases Research Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
• 정병열(국립수의과학검역원) | Byeong Yeal Jung (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service) Correspondence