Viral disease in chickens and other species of poultry that causes lesions on skin (cutaneous form) and can affect respiratory tract and upper GI (diphtheritic form)
Necrotic Enteritis DiseaseNecroticenteritis is an acute disease that produces a marked destruction of the intestinal lining of the digestive tract. Common field names (rot gut, crud and cauliflower gut) accurately describe the condition. The cause of the disease is Clostridium perfringens,…
Ulcerative Enteritis (Quail disease) What is Ulcerative enteritis? Ulcerative enteritis is an acute or chronic infection of chickens game birds, turkeys and other domestic fowl. Death losses may be high for young quail or pullets being raised for egg production. What Cause Ulcerative enteritis…
Respiratory Chicken Diseases Respiratory diseases are those that affect the birds breathing system. Most are characterised by sneezing and snoring but there are other important signs too. such swollen face and diarhorea To guard against poultry respiratory diseases on your farm, you need…
Quail Bronchitis Disease Quail bronchitis is a contagious, highly fatal disease in young bobwhite quail. The virus causing this disease also infects chickens and turkey. This agent is also known as a CELO (ChickEmbryo Lethal Organism) virus. It has been isolated from…
Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro) Disease What is Gumboro The infectious bursal disease also called gumboro is an acute, highly contagious viral disease of young chickens. It is most often found in highly concentrated poultry producing areas. It causes marked morbidity and mortality in affected flocks.…
Infectious Bronchitis Disease Infectious bronchitis is an extremely contagious respiratory disease of chickens characterized by coughing, sneezing and rales (rattling). It is caused by a virus that affects chickens only. Other fowl or laboratory animals cannot be infected with this virus. Several distinct…
