Poultry Flashcards

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What is far top differential in a chick sharing signs of respiratory disease and has cream colored plaques throughout the lungs on necropsy

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Aspergillosis infection - brooder pneumonia, mycotic pneumonia or pneumomycosis

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How do you treat aspergillosis infections

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Cull affected birds and disinfect facilities - no useful treatment

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What is histamonous melegridisa

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A protozoan parasite (blackhead or infectious enterohepatitis) - causes extensive necrosis of the liver and the team

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What can you not use to treat coccidiosis in Turkeys

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salinimycin - a coccidiostat that is toxic to turkeys at low doses

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5
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How do you treat coccidiosis in Turkeys

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Amprolium or sulfonamides

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What clinical signs do you expect to see in coccidiosis in turkeys

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Depressed mention, ruffled feathers, mucous blood stained diarrhea

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7
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What is round heart disease in Turkeys

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Spontaneous cardiomyopathy in young turkeys less than a weeks

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What clinical signs might you see in round heart disease in turkeys (or on necropsy)

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Respiratory distress then sudden death, ruffled feathers /unkempt look) enlarged heart and ventricles, congested lungs , enlarged liver, ascites or CHF

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What would you expect to see with children’s and turkeys affected by reticuloendotheliosis

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Runting ( weight loss, paleness, paralysis), acute neoplasia, b and t cell lymphoma

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10
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A deficiency in what would lead to clinical signs like stunting, poor feathering, short thick bowed legs and chondrodysplasia (why is this important)

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Choline deficiency - helps mobilize accumulated abdominal fat and prevents fatty liver syndrome

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11
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What are other names for Avian fowl pox and what are the two forms

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Sore head or avian diphtheria - dry form and wet form

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12
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How is avian pox spread through flocks

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Slow spread by contact or mosquitos

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13
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Describe the dry form of avian pox - signs, prognosis

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Raised white wart like lesions on unfettered areas (head, leg, vent), causes unthriftiness, decreased egg production and retarded growth, low mortality and lesions heal in 2 weeks

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Describe the wet form of avian pox

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Involves oral cavity and upper respiratory tract, diptheritic lesions that an ulcerate or erode mucous membranes - can lead to mortality if severe

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What are diptheretic lesions

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Ulcerative , vesicles, covered by a pseudo membrane, skin sores

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16
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How do you treat Avian pox

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A pox virus so no effective treatment - best to prevent with vaccines

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17
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Describe the vaccine for avian pox

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One vaccine leads to permanent immunity

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18
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What is the causative agent of fowl cholera

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Pastarella multocida - gram negative non motile rod

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19
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Sudden onset of coughing that is widespread and causing some abortions leads you to suspect which disease

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Swine influenza

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20
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What sort of sample will you need to diagnose swine influenza

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Nasal swab - swine influenza causes systemic disease through a high fever (not spread through blood)

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21
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What is the classic presentation of egg drop syndrome

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Poor eggshell quality and healthy birds

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22
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What is the classic presentation of egg drop syndrome

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Poor eggshell quality and healthy birds

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23
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What avers are affected by the wet pox form

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Upper respiratory tract - lesions in mouth and throat

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24
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What diseases process leads to bollinger bodies

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Pox viruses - wet or dry form

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25
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E.coli in a broiler flock can lead to what triad of lesions - how is it spread

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Fibrin’s pericarditis, perihopatitis, air sacculitis - bacteria access bloodstream through respiratory tract or intestines

26
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E.coli in a broiler flock can lead to what triad of lesions - how is it spread

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Fibrin’s pericarditis, perihopatitis, air sacculitis - bacteria access bloodstream through respiratory tract or intestines

27
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What clinical signs would you see with malabsorption syndrome in chicks

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Stunted growth, poor feathering (broken or twisted feathers), orange feces or intestinal contents

28
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What clinical signs would you see with malabsorption syndrome in chicks

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Stunted growth, poor feathering (broken or twisted feathers), orange feces or intestinal contents

29
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What is a differential for pale, wrinkled eggs

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Infectious bronchitis virus - respiratory disease causing sneezing , conjunctivitis, facial swelling and weird eggs

30
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What is a differential for pale, wrinkled eggs

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Infectious bronchitis virus - respiratory disease causing sneezing , conjunctivitis, facial swelling and weird eggs

31
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What is considered the scaly leg mite in birds and poultry

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Knemidoctopes mutans

32
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Lymphoma in chickens on be caused by - or-

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Mareks disease and lymphoid leukosis virus

33
Q

What is dermanyssus gallinae and what does it cause

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Poultry red mite causing anemia

34
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What clinical signs are you likely to see with bordetella avium

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Information of sinuses , clear nasal discharge, coughing, changes in vocalization, difficulty breathing, exudate on skin and around eyes

35
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Which species are more likely infected with bordetella avium

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Turkeys and poults

36
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What is the most common source of infection of bordetella avium on multi age farms

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Recovered carriers in older flocks

37
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What is Turkey coryza

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Bordetella avium, or turkey bordetellosis

38
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What is an important thing to tell workers going between turkey flocks on the farm and why

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Never go from older flocks to young flocks to prevent spread of bordetella avium

39
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Describe infection with mycoplasma gallisepticum (mg)

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Chronic disease, nasal exudate, coughing and debilitation

40
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What is the causative agent of infectious sinusitis in turkeys and also the chronic respiratory disease of chickens

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Mycoplasma gallisepticum

41
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Describe mycoplasma gallisepticum on a culture

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Round fried egg colonies and the ability to agglutinate erythrocytes

42
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How is mycoplasma gallisepticum transmitted / how does it cause disease

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Transovarian, horizontally through aerosols, or as a normal inhabitant of the upper respiratory tract

43
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You see a turkey with swollen sinuses - what is your top differential

A

Mycoplasma gallisepticum

44
Q

How do you diagnose chronic respiratory disease of chickens

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PCR

45
Q

When do 4a vaccinate turkeys for infectious sinusitis (mg) infection

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Never - vaccine will kill turkeys - only give to chickens

46
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What is the causative agent of infectious coryza in chickens

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Avibacterium / haemophilus paragallinarum

47
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Describe infectious coryza in chickens - who does it primarily affect and who does it not affect

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Rapid spreading debilitating upper respiratory infection in laying hens - does not affect turkeys

48
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What are Classic clinical signs of infectious coryza in chickens

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Reduced egg production, reduced feed consumption, oculonasal discharge, edema of face and eyelids

49
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What are Classic clinical signs of infectious coryza in chickens

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Reduced egg production, reduced feed consumption, oculonasal discharge, edema of face and eyelids

50
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What is the main source of infection for infections coryza (h. Paragallinarum)

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Chronically sick birds and subclinical carrier birds

51
Q

You see a chicken with swollen eyelids and edema in the face - what is the top differential

A

Avibacterium paragallinarium

52
Q

What is pathopneumonic for histomoniasis / blackhead

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Cecal and liver lesions together

53
Q

What happens with histiomoniasis infection

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Leads to marked inflammation and elections leading to thickening of the cecal wall

54
Q

What do gram positive pleomorphic rods found in the liver indicate

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Erysipelis

55
Q

What is amprolium used for

A

Treat coccidiosis

56
Q

What is Candida albicans where is it normally found

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Fungus normally found in the digestive tract of poultry-chicks specifically

57
Q

Can chickens and turkeys develop West Nile virus

A

No evidence they develop clinical disease

58
Q

What do you do if you suspect fowl plaque

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Contact state - economies risk because it is an avian influenza that readily mutates

59
Q

An enlarged vagus and sciatic nerve on necropsy indicates

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Mareks disease

60
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An enlarged vagus and sciatic nerve on necropsy indicates

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Mareks disease