quiz 4: Flashcards
2 nutritional diseases in birds that cause lamness
Rickets
Osteoporosis
— is a herpes virus that causes lameness
marek’s disease
— are retroviruses that cause tumors
Lymphoid leukosis (rare in commercial)
Reticuloendotheliosis (rare)
Lymphoproliferative Disease (wild turkeys)
— causes tumors that are similar in appearance to fowl pox
Lymphoproliferative Disease
* Retrovirus
* Wild Turkeys
marek’s disease causes — that infiltrate —
tumors
nerve trunks and organs with lymphoid cells
herpes virus
what is used as a vaccine for chickens for marek’s disease
serotype 3
turkey herpesvirus
marek’s effect what?
chickens
used to attack young birds
but now any age
also rare due to vaccinations, can still be seen in backyard birds
symptoms of marek’s disease
Nerve form
* Lameness
Visceral tumor form
* Appear thin and depressed
* Enlarged abdomen
Ocular form
* Blindness
Skin form
* Enlargement of feather follicle – no clinical signs
Most common is the nerve form and the visceral form.
what forms of marek’s disease is most common
Most common is the nerve form (lameness) and the visceral (tumor) form.
lesions of marek’s disease attack the — nerve
sciatic- leads to paralysis or lameness
also causes visceral tumor, infiltration of the iris, enlargement of the feather follicle and atrophy of the bursa
marek’s
cause peripheral nerve enlargement
grey eye caused by marek’s
how to diagnose marek’s
histopath
do not use virus isolation or serology
transmission of marek’s
horizontal
all flocks exposed, vaccinate but can over come if high viral load
shed in feather follicle dander and inhaled into respiratory tract
no vertical transmission
when to vaccinate for mareks
day 18 of embryo - 1 day hatch
can not vaccinate past 2 days old!
Environmental sanitation must be done in
conjunction with vaccination
what type of vaccinations for mareks
HVT (Turkey herpes virus) – serotype 3
Bivalent – HVT + SB1 or 301B (serotype 2)
Bivalent – HVT + CVI988 (serotype 1)
Injection
* in ovo, 18 Days of incubation
* One day of age, subcutaneous injection
mareks vaccines help with
preventing tumor
needs to be given in ovo or at day 1 hatch
takes 7-10 days for immunity
herpes can live in environment, clean to reduce problems
— is a neoplastic disease in chickens over 16 weeks old that causes thin birds with decreased egg production
lymphoid leukosis
retro virus- spread by vertical and horizontal tranmission
— is a vertically transmitted neoplastic disease that has been eradicated in commercial birds
lymphoid leukosis
lesions caused by lymphoid leukosis vs mareks
marek- tumors, enlarged nerves and feather follicle, small bursa, grey iris
tumors, large bursa, osteopetrosis- thickening of bones
lesions of lymphoid leukosis
tumors
enlarged bursa
Osteopetrosis –
thickening of the bones
how to diagnosis lymphoid leukosis vs mareks
histopath- difficult to tell
PCR/immunohistochemistry rare to use unless commerical infection
mos tumors= marek’s
— is a rare tumor disease caused by retrovirus that causes stunting syndrome
reticuloendotheliosis
— looks like pox virus
lymphoproliferative disease
use histopath to tell
lymph= wild turkey retrovirus
Reovirus infection primarily of meat
type chickens; can occur in turkeys
viral arthritis
causes arthritis, tenosynovitis, ruptured
gastrocnemius tendon
can also cause small birds
usually effect meat birds but recently been attacking pullets and layers
viral arthritis causes
Arthritis, tenosynovitis, ruptured gastrocnemius tendon
can cause small birds
reovirus that usually infects meat birds
what kind of fluid found in the joints of birds with viral arthritis?
Serosanguinous fluid in joints
cause lameness and swelling of tendons
enlarged shanks
ruptured gastrocnemius tendon
transmission of viral arthritis
vertical and fecal oral
vaccination for viral arthritis
vaccinate breeders
vaccinate chicks if there is known infection
vertical transmission and fecal oral route