Pracitcal 3 - Waterfowl Flashcards
Name diseases that occur in earlier stage of life of waterfowl
Derzsy’s disease
Duck plague
Anatipestifer disease
Erysipelas
Name diseases that occur in later stage of life of waterfowl
Fowl cholera
Borreliosis
Ornithosis
Amyloidosis
Botulism
Ornithosis
What is Derzsy’s disease?
It is an infectious viral GI-tract disease
Which virus causes Derzsy’s disease?
Parvovirus
Which age is mainly affected by Derzsy’s disease?
1-4 week old geese, but all ages are suspectible
What is the pathogenesis of Derzsy’s disease?
Infection happens either transovarial or orofaecal, causing virus enteritis viremia, which is when the virus enters the bloodstream and therefore also the organs.
What does it mean when an infections happen “transovarial”?
the transmission of an infectious agent from parent to offspring
What does it mean when an infections happen “orofecal”?
the virus in fecal particles can pass from one bords moth to the mouth of another
What are clinical signs of Derzsy’s disease?
- CNS symptoms, seizures and opisthotonus
- Enteral form symptoms, diarrhoea and dehydration
- Disorders in feather formation
- Immunosupression in case of secondary infections
What is opisthotonus?
A spasm causing the body to arch backwards so that the head touches the back.
What are pathological findings of Derzsy’s disease?
- Liver damage, and therefore CNS symtpoms
- Heart damage
- Straw.coloured serum on the body cavity
- Dehydration
- mucosal necrosis
- fibrinous pseudomembrane
- fibrinous enteritis
What is the duck plague?
It is an acute and often severe disease
Which virus causes duck plague?
- Herpesviridae
- Alphaherpesvirus
- Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1
What is another name for the duck plague?
Duck Viral Enteritis
which type of birds are most suspectible?
Ducks and geese, especially swans, wild goose and teal (=wild ducks)
If a bird is infected, will it be cured?
Infected birds will be lifelong carries with the plague.
What is the pathogenesis of the duck plague?
It infects orally and it causes viremia.
Clinical symptoms of duck plague:
Drowsiness, emaciation, conjunctivitis, rhinitis, diarrhoea - bloody.
What are the pathological findings of duck plague?
- Multiple hemorrhages
– Fibrinous pseudo membranes on the mucous membrane in the esophagus
– Fibrinous pseudo membranes on the mucous membrane in the cloaca
What is Anatipestifer disease?
It is an septicaemic disease
Which age groups will be affected by Anatipestifer disease?
Ducklings and goslings, sometimes also in young turkeys and chickens.
It need a predisposing factor, such as harvesting feathers.
which virus causes Anatipestifer disease?
Riemerella anatipestifer
Gram -, Facultative pathogenic
What is the pathogenesis of Anatipestifer disease?
The bird will be infected orally or via wounds. They will develop septicaemia, it will cause blood vessel damage and eventually serofibrinous inflammation
Clinical signs of Anatipestifer disease:
– lacrimation
- nasal discharge
- diarrhoea
– locomotion disorder
Pathological findings of Anatipestifer disease:
- Septicemia
– Serofibrinous inflammation of serous membranes, joints, tendon sheats and leptomeninges
What is Avian erysipelas?
A bacterial infection causing locomotion disorders in young and older ducks and geeses
Which bacteria causes Avian erysipelas?
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Gram +
Clinical signs of Avian erysipelas:
- Sudden death
- Lacrimation
- Locomotion disorders
Pathological findings of Avian erysipelas:
3 different stages of the disease: early, late and later stage
Early: Signs of septicaemia
Middle:
Later: If they survive speticaemia
Signs of septicaemia:
» Petechial hemorrhages under the serosa
» Septic splenitis
» Serous hepatitis
More protracted case:
» Necrotic foci in the liver
» Perihepatitis
If they survive septicemia:
» Arthritis
» Endocarditis
What is fowl cholera?
It is an infectious avian disease caused by the bacterium.
Which bacteria causes fowl cholera?
Pasteurella multocida
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