Poultry French

Question 1

Seen in farms with poor sanitation
Polyserositis (Airsacculitis, Pericarditis, Omphalitis, Synovitis,…)
Tx: abs

Answer 1

Colibacillosis–> e. colli

Question 2

Affects yound chicks and turkey
Transmitted through adult carriers
Adults have no CS
Young have reduced hatching, anorexia, whitish diarhea with pasty vents
On necropsy there are GRAY nodules on all organs and swollen joints
Cull

Answer 2

Salmonellosis –> salmonella pullorum

Question 3

***Transmission through eggshell
Higher mortality then the other strian 
Lasts for months in the environment
Young become poor doowers
Adults get PALE AND SHRUNKEN COMBS AND WATTLES

Answer 3

Salmonellosis –> Fowl Typhoid –> salmonella gallinarum

Question 4

All ages affected but mostly older birds
Infected breeders pass it through the egg
In turkeys –> SWELLING AROUND THE EYES
NC–> TRIAD LESIONS–> Airsacculitis, perihepatitis, adhesive pericarditis
Dx–> agglutination test
Tx–> Tylan

Answer 4

Mycoplasmosis –> Mycoplasmosis gallisepticum

Question 5

Common in multi age commercial layer flock
Passed thorugh eggs or respiratory tract
Synovial membranes affected= lameness, joint swelling , ruffled feathers and pale combs

Answer 5

Mycopalsmosis –> Mycoplasmosis Synoviae

Question 6

Flocks under stress get it
Spread by carrier birds –> remove sick and dead
CS–> Sudden death, oral/nasal discharge. White or green diarrhea. In chronic disease swollen wattles, joints, feet and eyes.
NC–> hemorrhage on heart and mm

Answer 6

Pasteurellosis –> pasteurella multocida –> fowl cholera

Question 7

Who–> older birds –> CAN BE ZOONOTIC especially in immunosuppressed individuals
NEC–> yellow nodules on intestines
CULL

Answer 7

Avian tuberculosis –> Mycobacterium avium

Question 8

Usually secondary to primary intestinal disease
Causes of acute disease and sudden death, distended intestines
NC–> intestines contain brwn fluid and bad odor
tx–> bacitracin, penicillin

Answer 8

Necrotic Enteritis –> Clostridium perfringens

Question 9

Turkeys under 3 months
Casesos cores in ceca
No tx

Answer 9

Histomoniasis –> Black head (hitomonas meleagridis)

Question 10

Silent carriers or chronically ill transmit
Inhalation of infectious aerosols
Thick YELLOWISH OCULONASAL discharge
NC–> Cheesy exudate in conjunctival sacs, edema of face and wattles
Tx–> depop repop

Answer 10

Infectious Coryza –> avibactrerium paragallinarum

Question 11

Mostly turkeys -
Rare dz 
Spores found in the environment 
Cuases difficulty breathng 
NC--> yellowish nodules in lungs 
Tx environemtn

Answer 11

Aspergillosis

Question 12

Common
Disease of upper digestive tract predisposed by poor sanitaiton
CROP DOESNT EMTPY “SOUR CROP”
NC–> raised whitish lesions

Answer 12

Thrush –> candida albicans

Question 13

Whitish crusts on combs and wattles

tx nystatin topically

Answer 13

Favus–> Microsporum gallinae

Question 14

Grows on old saw dust

CS–> neuro signs, incordination, torticollis, paralysis

Answer 14

Dactylariosis –> Dactylaria gallopava

Question 15

Liver cell disruption –> jaundice

Anorexia and emaciation

Answer 15

Aflatoxin –> aspargillus

Question 16

Blood vessel constriction, necorisis of peripheral tissue
Nervous signs
NC–> gangrene like lesion

Answer 16

Ergotism

Question 17

affects the kidney –> pale swollen kidney

treat with Vitamin C

Answer 17

Ochratoxin

Question 18

High mortality at 3 weeks of age
Chicks –> inability to move, curled toes
Turkeys= dermatitis, crusty eyes, mouth and vent

Answer 18

Vitamin B12 –> riboflavin

Question 19

Inflammation around eyes, drowsiness, ataxia, pale combs

White pustules in esophagu

Answer 19

VItamin A -

Question 20

3 syndromes
1. Encephalomalacia
2. Exudative diathesis –> severe edema of skin
3. Muscular Dystophy (MD)
NC–> bluish green edema, white muscle , swollen brian

Answer 20

Vitamin E

Question 21

Young birds–> lameness, retarded growth, enlargment of ends of bones, birds sit in squatting position
Rubbery bone

Answer 21

Rickets –> Vitamin D, C:P ration

Question 22

***Only chickens affected all ages

CS 48 hrs post infection–> resp signs , decreased egg PRODUCTION BY 50%–> THIN SHELL & WATERY ALBUMIN

Answer 22

Infectious Bronchitis –> Coronavirus

Question 23

Broilers affected
Tracheal CASEOUS PUGS –> SUFFOCATION
Depop/repop

Answer 23

Infectious Laryngotracheitis –> Herps

Question 24

Transmitted by mosquitos and scabs
CS–> skin lesions, decreased production, decreased weight gain. Diphtheritic wet form causes respiratory and digestive issues. TRAHEAL PLUG

Answer 24

Fowlpox –> pox virus

Question 25

Higly contagioys
Sudde High mortality
GIZZARD + PROVENTRICULUS HEMORRHAGES
NEEDS STRICT BIOSECURITY

Answer 25

Avian Influenza

Question 26

Chichens only virus shed in feather follicels dander, infects others by inhlation
C/S–> lamenes/parlaysis, blindness, tiny tumors of feather folicles
Need cull–> all in all out

Answer 26

Mareks Disease –> herpesvirs

Question 27

Egg transmission most importnat
Decreased production
Lesions in bursa

Answer 27

Lymphoid Leukosis –> retrovirus

Question 28

Lentogenic, Mesogenic and Velogenic strains
Hemorrhagic and nectoric cecal tonsils, gizzard and proventriculus
Isolation of virus using cloacal swabs
Biosercurity is best prevention

Answer 28

Newcastle Disease –> paramyxovirus

Question 29

Adults no signs, chicks show CS for 1 to 3 weeks
Paralysis, head and neck tremors
Survivors may have blue/white spot in eyes
May find whitish area in gizzard muscle of chicks

Answer 29

Avian Encephalomyelitis –> picornavirus

Question 30

Young chicks affecteed
High mortality 
Muscle, gizzard and proventriculus hemorrhages
Swollen kidneys and spleen 
No treatment

Answer 30

Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro)

Question 31

Spread by crawling from bird to bird
Eggs layed at base of feather
Restless, constant preening

Answer 31

Chewing lice–> Malophagia

Question 32

3 types of mite

1) Spend life cycle on the birds
2) Best detected at night
3) Mite prefers to live on unfeathered portion

Answer 32

1) Northern Fowl Mite –< Ornithonyssus
2) Red mite –> Dermanyssus
3) Scaly leg mite