poultry

Question 1

rickets is a deficiency in _____/

Answer 1

Ca +/- vit D

Question 2

what is the difference between Manganese deficiency and rickets with regards to bone differences?

Answer 2

Mg re not rubbery

Question 3

what Dz is characterized by a swollen head and distension of infraorbital sinuses?

Answer 3

infectious coryza

Question 4

what is the most common upper resp Dz of chickens in US?

Answer 4

avian infectious bronchitis

Question 5

what are the 3 CS of merek’s dz?

Answer 5

1. Acsending paralysis starting at lower limb and moves up
2. ONE LEG FORWARD AND ONE LEG BACK
3. 3-7 week old chicks

Question 6

what are the 2 CS of vitamin E deficiency?

Answer 6

1. exudative diathesis

2. MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY = white mucles Dz, crazy chick Dz

Question 7

what Dz of chickens has short duration, RAPID SPREAD, severe resp probs, diarrhea, paralysis and acute high mortality, AND REPORTABLE

Answer 7

newcastle Dz - velo(viscero)genic (VVND)

Question 8

what Dz produces soft wrinkled shelled eggs with watery albumen, pump-handle breathing and possible hemorrhaging in the yolk?

Answer 8

avian infectious bronchitis

Question 9

mereks Dz produces gross enlargement of ______________ that leads to ____________________

Answer 9

peripheral nerves (sciatic and brachial), unilateral spastic paralysis, neoplasia in liver, swollen joints

Question 10

what is folic acid deficiency mot common in?

Answer 10

poults - most common, cervial paralysis

Question 11

etiological agent of fowl cholera

Answer 11

pasturella multicoda - vaccinate turkeys!

Question 12

produces white to gray pseudomembranous or diptheretic patches, raised focal lesions that slough and appear assoft cheesy exudates (Turkish Toweling)

Answer 12

candidiasis

Question 13

this causes atrophy of the bursa and immunosuppression, AKA GUMBORO

Answer 13

infectious bursal Dz (IBDV)

Question 14

what are all the reportable poutry Dzs?

Answer 14

avian influenza - fowl plague
newcastle dz velogenic form
duck viral enteritis