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Poultry diseases
When chickens are healthy they consume less feed and produce more quality eggs. They are less trouble to look after and less money is spent on medical costs. Poultry disease can spread rapidly among chickens because they are usually kept together in the chicken house. The chickens share the same feeders and drinkers, which can spread disease and infections rapidly from sick to healthy chickens. In intensive egg production systems, much focus is placed on the egg laying performance of the flock. Poultry diseases can negatively affect the health and performance of your flock. Important and common poultry diseases include necrotic enteritis, chronic respiratory diseases, gangrenous dermatitis, fowl cholera, and avian influenza.
WHAT IS GOUT? Gout is a metabolic disorder associated with kidney. Visceral form of gout is commonly noticed in broilers resulting economic losses due to mortality and morbidity. In gout, the kidney function is slowed down to a point where uric acid accumulates in blood and body-fluids. Further, it leads accumulation of white uric acid or urate -crystals occurs in soft tissues of various organs in body. WHAT ARE TYPES...
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THE ROLE OF PLASMIDS IN APEC´S BASIC BIOLOGY
We have found that large plasmids (extrachromosomal ´accessory´ DNA present in some bacteria) are a defining trait of the APEC pathotype, occurring in ~80% of APEC and harboring many of the genes thought to be linked to APEC´s abilities to cause disease and resist therapy. Such plasmids are often transmissible to recipient bacteria, and acquisition of these plasmids...
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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...
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David Heckman of Elanco Animal Health speaks about the basics of antibiotic use in animals for meat being exported to the EU and about the prospects of trading with the EU....
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Avian pneumovirus (APV) is the causative agent of turkey rhinotracheitis (TRT) and swollen head syndrome (SHS) in turkeys and chickens, respectively (Buys et al. , 1989). The APV belongs to the family paramyxoviridae which has two subfamilies, the paramyxovirinae and pneumovirinae (Regenmortel et al. , 2000). The first isolate of APV was obtained in South Africa in...
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The review provides an update on the diagnosis and control of two major bacterial diseases of poultry – fowl cholera and infectious coryza. For both diseases, there are now rapid, molecular based diagnostic....
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The avian infectious bronchitis is an acute, rapidly spreading, viral disease of chickens characterized by respiratory signs, decreased egg production, and poor egg quality....
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Marek’s disease (MD) remains a topic of concern, although the current situation indicates an absence of MD problems in most countries. If outbreaks occur it is important that a correct diagnosis is made. Immunohistochemistry using antibodies to the MD oncoprotein meq, avian leukosis virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus-specific proteins may be required in problem cases. ...
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DoC IB Primer I/O instellation D-5 B1 Hatchner I/O D-9 Bursine-2 D/W D-14 MA 5 Clone 30 D/W D-22 ND Lasoota D/W Sharing of any suggestions and further reccommendations or personal experience will be highly encouraged please. ...
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Leg problems can occur in fast-growing strains of broilers and turkeys. These disorders are not unique to small flocks; they also occur in commercial broiler and turkey flocks. Estimates of the incidence of leg and foot problems range from 0.5 to 4 percent of all broilers grown. What is a leg problem? Some birds may develop crooked legs, toes and feet; bowlegs; twisted joints; or swollen hock joints between the drumstick and the...
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Dear friends, Viewing your reports regarding the occurrence of IBD, Mycoplasma, Marek's disease, IBH, ND and other important factors for poultry industry I would like to recommend the new and simple loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for the rapid and simple detection of many poultry pathogens. I successfully applied this tool for diagnosis of Marek's disease and differentiation between different strains used in prophylaxis of...
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I have an open house,floor shed which remains closed for 2 years. Before it there was a tick and lice problem in a shed. What can i do?What measures should be adopted especially for tick problem? Thanks ...
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The ascites syndrome in broiler flocks has been increasing at an alarming rate, and this condition has become one of the leading causes of mortality and whole carcass condemnations throughout the world. Ascites represents a spectrum of physiological and metabolic changes...
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Introduction: As everybody aware that in the livestock industry diagnosis of any disease or disorder is a challenge for technician/veterinarian or expert in this field. As like the human beings, livestock are unable to express their problems so depending upon the clinical signs shown by them and history told by the owner, we have to diagnose the preliminary causes. But for final...
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