PQS - Fowl typhoid✅ Flashcards
Fowl typhoid occurs nowadays mainly in large scale farms
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Found in backyard flocks, wild birds, zoo birds and pet birds
Atrophy of the ovaries is a postmortem lesion of fowl typhoid
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A very important PM signs !!
Fowl typhoid can occur in hens and chicken
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Fowl typhoid is caused by Salmonella Avium.
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Caused by S. Gallinarum
The agent of fowl typhoid does not kill the embryo
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No postmortem lesions can be seen in the case of fowl typhoid
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Germinative infection can happen in the case of fowl typhoid
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It is the primary way
Animals infected with the agent of fowl typhoid can be recognised by using plate agglutination test
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Lesions of fowl typhoid is limited to the gut
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asymptomatic carriage of salmonella by birds is generally limited to the gut
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Focal inflammation and necrosis can be seen in the liver in birds with fowl typhoid
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fowl typhoid has a double peak death curve
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fowl typhoid can be seen sporadically in zoo birds in Europe
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omphalitis is a clinical sign of fowl typhoid
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fowl typhoid is caused by salmonella gallinarum
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arthritis can be a clinical sign of fowl typhoid
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the agent of fowl typhoid can infect newly hatched chicken in the hatchery
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The lesions of fowl typhoid are limited to the gut
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Isolation of the agent of fowl typhoid from dead eggs prove infection of the herd with the
agent
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Fowl typhoid can be spread by aerogenic infection
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In the case of fowl typhoid there is a peak of death cases between days 3 and 5
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Fowl typhoid is an acute disease of poultry
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Fowl typhoid is caused by Salmonella Gallinarum
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Fowl typhoid is more frequent in water fowl than hens.
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The susceptibility to fowl typhoid is increasing with age
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Fowl typhoid can spread with germinative infection.
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