LECTURE 14: Respiratory Diseases Flashcards
What are gross lesions of respiratory diseases?
- Conjunctivitis
- Rhinitis
- Tracheitis
- Pneumonia
- Airsacculitis
- Polyserositis
What are general signs of respiratory disease?
- Mortality
- Anorexia
- Coughing/Sneezing
- Rales
- Nasal/Ocular discharge
- Swollen head
- Inflamed eyelids
What indicates pneumonia lungs?
Dark wet lungs
Avian influenza is what?
Virus (influenza A)
what makes a viral virus?
Enveloped virus
Influenza A is a_____ virus?
RNA
AI is easy to ______ and hard to _______.
kill, control
AI considered what with the USDA?
Select agent
AI is divided into what two groups?
- LPAI
- HPAI
What are the two most important subtypes of LPAI?
- H5
- H7
What are the ways that LPAI shifts to HPAI?
- Antigenic shift
- Antigenic drift
What are natural reservoirs of HPAI?
Wild waterfowl
HPAI is considered a….
Foreign Animal Disease
LPAI causes a ______ infection whereas HPAI causes a __________ disease.
Localized, systemic
What is the transmission of AI?
Horizontal NOT HEN TO CHICK
AI affects what age of birds?
All
Incubation period is _______ for AI?
Short
What are the clinical signs of AI?
- High mortality
- Cyanosis
- Hemorrhages
- Nervous Signs
- Respiratory
- Diarrhea
- Drop in Egg Production
What are lesions of HPAI?
Petechial hemorrages (inflammed blood vessels)
What are clinical signs of LPAI?
- Rhinitis
- Tracheitis
- Airsacculitis
- Polsyerositis
- Pneumonia
What are methods of testing for HPAI?
- Swabs for molecular testing
- Organs - virus isolation
What are methods of testing for LPAI?
- Blood for serology
What are methods for diagnosing AI?
- PCR
- Serology
What does the serological test protocol tell you?
Establishes prior exposure, test cannot determine pathotype and test cannot determine virus status