Poultry: Turkey Bordetella

Question 1

What is the genus/species of Turkey Bordetella?

Answer 1

Bordetella avium

Question 2

Other names for turkey bordetella

Answer 2

Turkey coryza
Bordetella avium infection
Raccoon eye

Question 3

What are the clinical signs

Answer 3

Conjunctivitis, ocular exudate, rhinitis, tracheitis are the common CS

Other CS: voice change, dirty shoulders, swollen sinuses, submandibular swelling

Question 4

What age?

Answer 4

Usually 1-6 weeks, but all ages are susceptible

Question 5

Transmission

Answer 5

Bird to bird via oculonasal secretions

Recovered carriers are a source of infection

Infection can be transmitted via human traffic

Litter and water can be sources of infection

Question 6

What type of farm usually has problems with this disease

Answer 6

Farms with multi-age flocks and continuous confinement

Question 7

High or low mortality?

Answer 7

Low mortality

Can see higher mortality if complicated by E. Coli or pasturella

Question 8

Gross lesions

Answer 8

Mucus within sinuses

Tracheal collapse

Raccoon eye (exudate around eyes)

Question 9

Diagnosis

Answer 9

Gross lesions, necropsy, histopath, bacterial cultures

Question 10

Prevention

Answer 10

All in, all out management

Can be transmitted in contaminated water lines, so flush water lines between flocks

Never backtrack from older to younger turkeys on the farm

There is a killed injectable bacterin