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Gangrenous Dermatitis in Broilers

Published: January 7, 2021
Summary
Gangrenous dermatitis (GD) is a serious bacterial disease affecting poultry. It generally is fatal, often within 24 hours. It sometimes seems to appear almost out of nowhere because suddenly you will have healthy birds and dead birds, but not many birds in between. While GD has been reported in commercial layers, turkeys, and broiler breeders, it usually  occurs in fast-growing broilers betw...
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Tom Tabler
University of Tennessee (USA)
University of Tennessee (USA)
Clarence Reagan Sadler
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Dr Bidhan Chandra Das
16 de enero de 2021

Necropsy findings in our Laboratory:
Red-colored featherless skin over breast muscle. severely congested thigh muscle
Congested breast muscle. Edematous fluid in subcutaneous tissue.
Treatment:
Gangrenous dermatitis has been treated bacitracin/lincomycin and good result

Good management & hygiene to preventing and controlling GD infections.

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DR.R.N.Sreenivas Gowda
Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University
Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University
18 de enero de 2021

Gangrenous dermatitis is a serious health concern for many broiler operations. I have seen many cases in fast growing broilers. Further there is an immunosuppression from Chicken Anaemia Virus in chicks received from immunosuppressed parents. There appears to be some nutritional alterations leading to create pecks initially leading to infection by staphylo, streptococci and Clostridial organisms. Providing Selenium and Vit E combination has helped to build immunity in early stage.

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Kasame Trakullerswilai
Saha Farms
Saha Farms
25 de enero de 2021
IN NORMAL IMMUNE STATUS BIRD ;NEVER FOUND IBD CAV can produce Gangrenous d
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