Duck Viral Enteritis/ Duck Plaque Flashcards
Conjunctivitis is a frequent sign of duck viral enteritis.
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Only sporadic clinical cases of duck viral enteritis are seen in an affected flock
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Mallards may transmit the duck enteritis virus to domestic ducks kept on lakes
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Liver dystrophy is a frequent lesion of duck viral enteritis (duck plaque)
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Wild ducks may be persistently infected with duck plaque (duck enteritis) virus
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Duck plaque virus may be shed life long by animals recovered from the disease
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Duck plaque (viral enteritis) can’t cause high mortality without secondary bacterial infection
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Duck plaque and duck viral enteritis are two names of the same disease
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Duck viral enteritis is seldom fatal
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Treatment is the most effective control method for duck viral enteritis.
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Duck plague is more sever in wild birds than in domestic ducks
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Duck plague virus damages blood vessel endothelium
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Duck plague only affects young ducklings
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Duck plague is only seen in day old ducklings
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Duck viral enteritis is usually mild, osmotic diarrhoea.
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Duck plague infects exclusively domestic and wild ducks.
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Antibiotic treatment is the most effective control method for Duck Viral Enteritis.
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Duck plague infects exclusively domestic and wild ducks.
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Beak deformity is a typical sign of Duck Plague
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Muscovy duck are resistant to the Duck Viral Enteritis
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Duck Plague/Duck viral Enteritis cause high mortality in all ages.
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Duck Plague/Duck viral Enteritis clinical signs in young ducks are only seen in birds up to
4 weeks of age.
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Vaccines containing a live attenuated strain can be used for prevention against Duck
Plague.
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Duck Plague/Duck viral Enteritis vaccination is not needed as clinical signs are mild.
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Duck Plague virus can “settle” in wild ducks
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Duck Plague is an outbreak of Avian influenza in ducks, with a host-adapted version of
the virus
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Duck Plague only causes hepatitis in young ducks
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Duck Plague only causes disease in ducks and geese
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Duck Plague virus causes high mortality in both old and young birds.
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Duck Plague also affects geese.
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Duck Plague is a disease of young ducks only
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Duck Viral Enteritis can affect all age groups
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Depression, respiratory signs and bloody diarrhoea are main signs of Duck Plague.
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In most cases the Duck Plague disease remain symptomless.
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Duck Plague is more severe in wild birds than domestic ducks
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Conjunctivitis is a frequent sign of Duck Plague
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