POultry Flashcards
what is the TPR for poultry (generally!)
T - 40
HR - 120-160
RR - 20-130!
when you examine the chicken mouth - wher edo you checl
choanal cleft
suborbital sinus
nostrils
what worms can poultry get
gizzard worm trichostrongyle gape worm (tape) heterakis capillaria
what protozal infections can poultry get
histamonas melegreadis
hexamita mealegreadis
giardia lamblia
trichomonas (canker)
how can you sex birds
feather pluck DNA
whatpoint do you use to BCS a birdq
pin bone
keel bone coverage
what is the uropyogial gland
preen gland
what does apteria mean
featherless area
which feather do you clip if wing clipping
1st 10 flight feathers
basic tx for ectoparasites
permethrin will sort lice and mites
surgical spirit for scaly leg
endoparasite tx (basic)
flubendazole (worms)
how do you tx canker
cider vinegar
worm (may have made it susceptible)
name the 4 zoonotic infectious resp diseases of birds
Chlamydia psittiae
NDV (Notifiabel)
AIV (notifiable)
aspergillosis
what pigeon dz is notifiable
pigeon paramyxovirus
desc the basics of chlamydia psittaci
gram -ve intracellular replication cocci high and low virulent strains zoonotic
what bacterial infection causes potty liver
campyl
what structures are required for egg production
infundibulum (catches the ovum)- 0.5hrs magnum (albumin) - 3hr isthmus (shell membrane) - 1.25 hr uterus (eggs shell) - 20hr vagina --> cloaca
when incubating eggs - how should they be stored
bw 24ho and 7do
10 degrees
washed with warm water and sprayed with virkon-S
when can you lamp an egg successfully
9-10do
can you sex waterfowl at day old?
yes! but not chicks. there is an ‘obv’ penis
whay mycoplasma causes egg apex abnormalities
m synoviae
name the path which are vertically transmitted
virus:
- reovirus
- retro
- adeno
- astro
bacterial
- salm, e coli, staph, mycoplasma
fungi:
- aspergillus fumigatus
what is the best anaesthesic protocol for poultry
induction = ketamine (1mg/kg if 1kg)
maintainance = iso or sevo
should mask down waterfowl
NO - diving reflex, you’ll never get them down
what are good analgesics for poultry
buprenorphine
NSAIDs - carprofen, ketofen
how can you euthanase poultry?
- dislocation
- Pentobarbitone: IV R. jugular or wing v. OR GA and IM or cardiac
the common neonatal diseases in waterfowl are the same as chicks, so what are they?
starvation chilling congen abnorm e coli aspergillus yolk sac infecion
what 2 growth deformities do waterfowl get?
angel wing - XS protein at rearing - this keeps the carpus soft and so the developing wings pull it laterally
rickets - indaeq vit D
what is the life expectancy of a pigeon?
20-30yrs
what si the pigeon louse called
columbicola columbae (slender pigeon louce)
what are the names of the mites which affect all birds
depluming mite (knemidocoptes gallinae) red (dermanyssus gallinae) northern fowl (ornithonyssus synviarum) scaly leg mite (knemidocoptes mutans)
what are the general signs of a disease in birds
ruffled feathers
weak
lethargic
what causes v green d+
coccidosis
name the worms pigeons get
ascaris
capillaria obsignata
what signs does capillaria obsignata cause in pigeons
listelless weak regurg anorexic d+ kg loss catarrhal enteritis
what is a treatment for capillaria obsignata
benzamidzoles
what is canker and how is it spread
trichomonas protozoa
spread - crop milk
= XS mucus in the mouth and yellow necrotic lesions
how do you tx canker
carmidazole
what is pigeon paramyxovirus and what does it cause
notifiable PUPd neuro - torticollis sudden death unable to fly/feed
describe the similarities bw NDV and AIV
both have spikes (H and N) both ss RNA both v infectious both enveloped both cause resp, GI and nervous signs both high mortality both undergo Ag drift
what are the differences be AIV and NDV
NDV has F glycoprotein spike too
NDV isn’t segmented
NDV cant Ag shift
AIV is what virus
orthomyxovirus
NDV is what type of virus
paramyxovirus
