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Poultry Preventive Medicine Flashcards

1
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APA recognizes ____ breeds of chickens

A

53

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2
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What are the performance traits of poultry?

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Feed conversion
Rate of gain
Market weight
Egg production
Fertility
Hatchability
Livability
Grade

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3
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Commercial breeds of chickens direct resources primarily to:

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Growth or Reproduction

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4
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What is the NPIP?

A

National Poultry Improvement Plan
Voluntary State-Federal cooperative testing and certification program

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5
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What are the steps to a good poultry preventive medicine program?

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  1. Start with good genetics
  2. Start with healthy poultry
  3. Maintain good biosecurity
  4. Maintain a healthy environment
  5. Provide good nutrition
  6. Maintain a healthy gut
  7. Maintain a healthy immune system
  8. Use therapeutics wisely
  9. Vaccinate when indicated
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6
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If FCR (feed conversion ratio) increases, is production efficiency increasing or decreasing?

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Decreasing
More food to get a pound of meat on the animal

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7
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What are the general principles of the USDA Defend the Flock program?

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Keep your distance
Keep it clean
Don’t haul disease around
Don’t borrow disease from neighbors
Quarantine new birds
Know warning signs
Get a diagnosis

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8
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Feed is ____% of the cost of production

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70%

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9
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How long should birds be quarantined when coming into a new facility?

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40-45 days

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10
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Which diseases does NPIP test for freedom from?

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Pullorum
Fowl Typhoid
Salmonella enterica
Mycoplasmosis
Avian Influenza

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11
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What is the correct order of care in a poultry production facility?

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  1. Healthy young
  2. Healthy old
  3. Quarantined
  4. Sick
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12
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Ventilation should keep relative humidity of coops and housing at what level?

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60% or less

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13
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What are ionophore coccidiostats used in poultry?

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Lasalocid
Maduramicin
Monensin
Narasin
Salinomycin
Semduramicins

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14
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What are chemical coccidiostats used in poultry?

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Decoquinate
Diclazuril
Halofufginone
Robenidine
Sulfonamids

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15
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What are the best ways to maintain immune support in poultry?

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Vaccinate chickens for iBD and turkeys for hemorrhagic enteritis
Optimize dietary Vitamin C
Feed animal protein (if NOT going to be labeled certified organic)

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16
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Which antibiotics are not permitted for use in turkeys?

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Lincomycin
Spectinomycin

17
Q

Which anticoccidial is not permitted for use in turkeys?

A

Decoquinate
Narasin
Nicarbazin
Robenidine
Salinomycin
Semduramycin

18
Q

Which anthelmintics are not permitted for use in turkeys?

A

Albendazole
Hygromycin B

19
Q

What is the ONLY antibiotic approved for use in layers?

A

Erythromycin

20
Q

What is the ONLY anticoccidial drug approved for use in layers?

A

Amprolium

21
Q

Which anthelmintics are approved for use in layers?

A

Albendazole
Hygromycin B

22
Q

Which antiectoparasitics are approved for use in layers, boilers, and turkeys (all the same)?

A

Permethrin
Tetrachlorvinphos

23
Q

ABF means:

A

Antibiotic free: appropriate withdrawal periods were observed to ensure that antibiotic and ionophore residues are not present

24
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RWA means:

A

Raised without antibiotics
bird received no antibiotics or ionophores over its lifetime post hatch, but exclude egg injection

25
Q

NAE means:

A

No antibiotics ever
Includes the pre-hatch period

26
Q

Raised without added hormones means:

A

It is a marketing gimic, synthetic hormones are never used in commercial poultry production

27
Q

What are the advantages and disadvantages for live vaccines in poultry?

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Adv: mass administration, better protection, better immune response
Disadv: Negative production effects short-term, roll-over, disease potential, reversion to virulence

28
Q

What are the advantages and disadvantages to killed vaccines in poultry?

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Adv: Limited production effects, no roll-over, no disease potential, no chance for reversion
Disadv: Administered individually, less protective, requires boosters, needs adjuvant, less immunogenic

29
Q

Which vaccine do layers and broilers receive in-ovum?

A

Marek’s Disease

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