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Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

Published on: 09/29/2011

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Author : Pat Blackall (Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, EcoSciences Precinct)

Introduction This review seeks to provide an up-to-date view on the diagnosis and prevention of two major bacterial diseases of poultry - fowl cholera and infectious coryza. The review will focus on key issues and recent advances. More detailed and historical data are already covered in a range of standard texts that are widely available e.g. Diseases of Poultry (Blackall and Soriano ...

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Iman M Hamza

khartoum , Al Khartum, Sudan

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/29/2012 |

Thank you for the useful topic, regarding infectious coryza. According to my experience isolation of the bacteria is very difficult because beside the fastidious nature of the organism the stage of the disease and the site of sampling is crucial for isolation of the bacteria . swabbing from infra orbital Sinus ,Trachea and cleft palate and liver what is the preferable site for isolation of the organism

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Pat Blackall

Australia

Biologist

University of Queensland

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/29/2012 | I would agree that isolation of Av. paragallinarum is a challenge. I would recommed that you look for birds in the early stage of the disease process (NOT Golfball eyes). From these early stage birds, the best option is to sample the infra-orbital sinus. We heat sear the surface and then slice the sinus open with a sterile scalpel. The sinus is swabbed and then plated onto blood agar and chocolate agar. We use a nurse colony (Staph hyicus) and a candle jar. I found little success with sampling deeper into the respiratory tract BUT this is in setting where we had pure coryza and little in the way of complications. My colleague in Argentina (Horacio Terzolo) was able to isolate the agent from systemtic sites (liver, hock and so on) BUT this is a rare observation. Best to concentrate on the infra-orbital sinus.

Pat Blackall

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Arshaq Ramzee

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Veterinary Doctor

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/30/2012 | A very informative article with some new inputs, both of the diseases are very dangerous and usually cause heavy losses in flocks. A good immunization program with some good vaccines may be an answer but sometimes even vaccinated flocks get the infection.

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Nadim Amarin

Amman, `Amman, Jordan

Veterinary Doctor

Boehringer Ingelheim

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/30/2012 | Thanks Dr. Pat for the valuable information you are sharing with us as we are really looking for a tool to identify the Infectious Coryza and also to do serotyping to know which vaccine we shall use A or B or C?

We had some isolates from the filed on Blood agar without Satph (Aouth African like strain??) but these were so fragile and need refereshment from time to time in the refrigerator!!

I hope in the near future we will be able to send sampes to your lab for further identification?

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Pat Blackall

Australia

Biologist

University of Queensland

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/30/2012 | Dr Ramzee - Agree that even with good vaccination programs, there will sometimes be problems - overwhelming challenge, high stress levels, immuno-supression are additional factors that can imacpt on even the best vaccination program.

Pat Blackall

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Pat Blackall

Australia

Biologist

University of Queensland

Re: Forum: An update on the diagnosis and prevention of Fowl Cholera and Infectious Coryza

05/30/2012 | Nadim, Good to hear from you. I am always happy to do my best to help in these situations. Australia has strict quarantine rules BUT I do have a permit that allows importation. Please contact me direct for more details. Pat Blackall

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