Turkey Diseases Overview

Question 1

What are the bacterial infectious diseases in Turkey?

Answer 1

Fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida) 
E. coli infection
Ornithobacteriosis ( O. rhinotracheale) 
Mycoplasma gallisepticum
Mycoplasma synoviae

Question 2

What are the viral infectious diseases in Turkey?

Answer 2

Avian influenza
Hemorrhagic Enteritis (adenovirus)
Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome (PEMS)- coronavirus/ blue comb disease/ Mud
fever
Fowl Pox
Turkey Rhinotracheitis (TRT) (metapneumovirus)

Question 3

What are the parasitic diseases of Turkey?

Answer 3

Blackhead /Histomonosis
Worms
Coccidiosis / Eimeria meleagridis

Question 4

What are the fungal diseases of Turkey?

Answer 4

Mycotoxicosis
Lung mould (Aspergillosis) – brooder pneumonia

Question 5

What are the other major diseases of Turkey?

Answer 5

Aortic rupture (dissecting aneurysm)
Turkey syndrome 65 (TS-65)
Curved fingers of male turkeys
Foot pad dermatitis