Backyard poultry Flashcards
what is free-range poultry?
during daylight hours poultry have access to ground with vegetation, mud, nettles, bark or woodchips
what is the temperature of a bird?
40-42°C
what is the heart rate of a bird?
120-160bpm
what is the respiratory rate of birds?
20-130bpm
what are some external parasites poultry may encounter?
lice
red mite
northern fowl mite
scaly leg mite
de-pluming mite
where can blood be collected from poultry?
wing vein
jugular vein
what is a brood patch?
poultry lose caudal half of ventral apterium under hormonal control to allow exposure of the highly vascularised area to the eggs
what internal worm parasites are seen in backyard poultry?
capillaria (intestine)
heterakis (caeca)
ascarid (intestine)
trichostrongyles (intestine)
tapeworm (intestine)
gizzard worm (gizzard)
gapeworm
what is used to treat internal parasites of poultry?
fenbendazole (in food for seven days)
what protozoal parasites are seen in poultry?
Eimeria spp. (coccidiosis)
Histomonas gallinarum
trichomonosis
hexamitosis
what does Histomonas gallinarum cause?
blackhead
how is Histomonas gallinarum spread?
Heterakis gallinarum
what is the typical clinical signs of Histomonas gallinarum?
blackhead and yellow diarrhoea
what does trichomonosis cause?
canker
what are the clinical signs of hexamitosis?
diarrhoea and unthriftiness
what infectious respiratory diseases are seen in poultry?
infectious bronchitis
avian metapneumovirus
infectious laryngotracheitis
myoplasmosis
aspergillosis
gape worm
chlamydiosis
Newcastles disease
avian influenza
pigeon paramyxovirus
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
what signs would indicate chlamydosis?
purulent ocular/nasal discharge, dullness, conjunctivitis (unresponsive to macrolides)
what causes aspergillosis?
Aspergillus funiga
