poultry diseases symptoms and treatments

Disease

Etiology

Signs

Postmortem

Diagnosis

Treatment

Vaccine/Control

New Castle

Paramyxo

Greenish

Haemorrhages on tip

Signs

ND colon

NDV 100 ml

(ND)

Type-I

Diarrhea

of Proventriculus and

Postmortem

1cc/2-6 L H2O

1st week

eye drop

Gasping

Cecal tonsils

ELISA

Aspirin

3rd week

0.5cc inj.

Torticollis

H.I

1cc/1L H2O

10

th

week 1cc inj.

Novacoc

Every 2 month 1cc

1cc/2-6L H2O

inj.

Infectious

Corona Virus

Urate Plug

Exudate in trachea and

Postmortem

E-sel

Avoid Overcrowding

Bronchitis

Gasping

nasal cavity

ELISA

1cc/6L H2O

Biosecurity

Tracheal

Caseous plug in

H.I

Aspirin

Vaccine

(I.B)

Rales

bronchi

AGPT

1cc/1L H2O

Misshapen

Kidney pale swollen

DDx

Novacoc

egg

Salpingitis

ND

1cc/2-6L H2O

ILT

Flushing to

A.I

remove pug

Avian

Orthomyxo

Cyanosis of

Pin point

Signs

No treatment

Biosecurity

Influenza

virus

wattle and

haemorrhages on base

Postmortem

Strict Quarantine

type A

comb

of proventriculus

DDx

Supportive

All in and all out

(A.I)

Ruffled

Shank and on

ND

Vaccine

feather

All viscera

ILT

Edema of

I.B

head

Mycoplasma

Diarrhea

Coryza

Infectious

Herpes virus

Sneezing

Tracheitis

No response

No treatment

Biosecurity

Laryngo-

Dyspnea

Blood in trachea

to

Strict Quarantine

Blood tinge

Conjunctivitis

treatment

Supportive

All in and all out

tracheitis

nasal

Blood tinge

Vaccine

(ILT)

discharge

nasal

Conjunctivitis

discharge

CRD

Mycoplasma

Tracheal rale

Tracheitis

Signs

Tilmycosin

Purchase of

CCRD

Myco + E.coli

Drooling

Exudate in trachea

Postmortem

260mg/ml

uninfected chicks

Sneezing

Yellow colour cheesy

All in and all out

Emaciation

flakes around lungs

1 ml / 12.2 kg

Biosecurity

Slow FCR

Salpingitis

Preventative

Lameness

Synovitis

medication

Pericarditis

Peri-hepatitis

Infectious

Birna virus

Young birds

Haemorrhages on

Signs

No treatment

Control Stress

bursal

Sudden

thigh & musculature

Postmortem

Control dehydration

mortality at

Atrophy of bursa

Supportive

Feed dilution

disease

3-7 days

Swollen, pale kidney

Multi vitamins

Gumboro

Swollen/

Flushing

atrophy of

bursa

Marek’s

Herpes virus

Tumor on

Grey white neoplastic

Signs

No treatment

Vaccine

Disease

feather

lesions on liver spleen

Postmortem

At 0 day

Blindness

Supportive

in hatchery

Grey iris

Paralysis

Infectious

Gyro virus

Poor growth

Pale bone marrow

Signs

No treatment

Vaccine

Chicken

Circoviridae

Pale birds

Atrophy of thymus &

Postmortem

Live

Sudden

bursa

Supportive

in breeder flock

Anemia

mortality at

Discoloured liver &

6 weeks before

13-16 days

kidney

incubation of eggs

Infectious	Haemophilus	Facial	Catarrhal inflame. Of		Signs		Tylosin	Avoid stress
Coryza	paragallinarum	swelling	nasal sinus		Postmortem		10-20mg/kg	Prophylactically
		Upper	Conjunctivitis				Tylo + Doxy	Tylo + Doxy
		respiratory	Haemorrhagic trachea				10  :  20	10  :  20
		signs					1 g/2L H2O	1 g/2L H2O
		Swollen
		wattle
		Purulent
		ocular/nasal
		discharge
Fowl	Pasteurella	Swelling of	Focal hepatitis		Signs		Sulpha drugs	Biosecurity
Cholera	multocida	neck	Star shape white foci		Postmortem		Penicillin	Strict Quarantine
		Diarrhea	on liver				Norfloxacin	All in and all out
		Nasal	Enteritis		DDx			Avoid Rodents
		discharge
					Strept
		Coughing			aurius
		Swollen			Coryza
		joints			Mycoplasma
Typhoid	Salmonella	Ruffled	Pale green enlarged		Signs		Florfenicol	Biosecurity
	gallinarum	feathers	liver with small		Postmortem		1cc/2 L H2O	Strict Quarantine
		Thirst	necrotic foci&					All in and all out
	Affect any age	Yellow	congestion
		diarrhea	Engorgement of
		Reluctance	kidney &spleen
		to move.	Enteritis of anterior
			small intestine
Pullorum	Salmonella	Whitish	Grey nodules in the		Signs		Florfenicol	Biosecurity
Disease	pullorum	diarrhea	liver, spleen, lungs,		Postmortem		1cc/2 L H2O	Strict Quarantine
		White fecal	heart, gizzard, and					All in and all out
		pasting on	intestine.
		vent	Firm, cheesy material
			in the ceca.
Necrotic	Clostridium	Closed eyes	Small intestine (usually		Signs		Co-Amoxy	Penicillin in feed
Enteritis	perfringens	Immobility	middle to distal)		Postmortem		clave	Probiotics
		Golden	thickened and				Clavulanic	Biosecurity
		yellowish	distended				acid +	Strict Quarantine
		diarrhoea	Golden yellow				Amoxicillin	All in and all out
			intestine
Aspergillosis	Aspergillus	Silent	Yellow to grey nodules		Signs		Amphotericin	Nystatin in feed
	fumigatus	gasping	or plaques in lungs, air		Postmortem		B	Dry Litter
		Nervous	sacs, trachea,				Nystatin	Hygiene
		signs (rare)	peritoneal cavity, may				1cc/1 L H2O	Good quality feed
		Ocular	have greenish surface.
		discharge	Conjunctivitis/keratitis.
HPS	Adeno virus	Sudden	Excessive straw-		Signs		Flushing	Biosecurity
(Angara)		increase in	coloured fluid in		Postmortem		Stralka	Strict Quarantine
		mortality	pericardium				1cc/1 L	All in and all out
		Yellow	(up to 10 ml)				4h x 3 day
		mucoid	Enlarged, pale friable
		droppings	liver and kidney
			Lungs edematous