Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part E (2024)

Author(s): Pooja Prajapat, M Mathur, Neelam Godara and Poonam Gupta

Abstract: In the current study, Gout was recorded in 5 poultry birds out of 210 affected cases giving an incidence of 2.38%. Grossly, the affected kidney was swollen with chalky white deposits on the surface. Microscopically, the kidneys were characterized by tophi formation/urate granulomas in the interstitium containing central area of caseous necrosis with impaction of urates (H & E stained sections) in the interstitial, intertubular and intraglomerular spaces as a result of dissolution of urate crystals surrounded by epithelioid cells. In duplicate sections stained with DeGalantha’s method the urate particle seen as black masses as needles or acicular crystals present in radiating pattern. On the basis of present study, it can be concluded that gout in birds might be due to various reasons including various infections, nutritional disorders, dehydration and post renal lesions.