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How is poultry enteritis controlled? 4
- Increase time between flocks
- Fresh litter
- Insect control
- Vx breeders
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What is an acute fatal viral disease of young turkeys, 6-12 weeks, sudden death, bloody feces, adenovirus type II, blood soiled vent region?
hemorrhagic enteritis
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What is a viral disease of young chickens with sudden onset, high mortality, and hepatitis. Is caused by an adenovirus, vertical and horizontal transmission, acute mortality increase, pale skin?
inclusion body hepatitis
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How are paratyphoid infections transmitted? 6
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Eggshell contamination
- Brooders
- Feed
- Rats/Birds
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C/S of paratyphoid lesions in young birds? 5
- Failure to hatch
- yolk sacculitis
- Septicemia
- Blindness
- Mult Organ Inflammation
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What agents are involved in pullorum disease? 2
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What diseases are involved in the National Poultry Improvement Plan? 4
- Pollorum disease
- Fowl typhoid
- Mycoplasmosis
- Avian influenza
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What is also a human pathogen, involves diarrhea, fever, abrominal cramping, nausea, chills, linkage to consumption of raw or improperly cooked eggs?
salmonella enteritidis
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What are coliform gastrointestinal pathogens? 7
- E coli
- Pseudomonas
- Klebsiella
- Citrobacter
- Aeromonas
- Bacillus
- Enterobacter
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What is the causative agent of tuberculosis?
mycobacterium avium
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C/S of tuberculosis? 3
- Progressive debilitation
- Localized infections (joints, gut, & respiratory)
- Gray-white nodules in Liver, Spleen & Intestine.
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What is the causative agent of campylobacteriosis?
campylobacter jejuni
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What causes ulcerative enteritis?
clostridium colinum
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What causes necrotic enteritis?
clostridium perfringens
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What causes gangrenous dermatitis?
clostridium perfringens
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What are the lesions of ulcerative enteritis? 2
- GI ulcers
- Liver/Spleen Infarcts
- (Secondary peritonitis can mask enteric disease)
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Necrotic enteritis is promoted by what type of diet? 2
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What are the lesions of necrotic enteritis? 2
- Fibrinonecrotic enteriti
- Hepatic infarction
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What is the causative agent of thrush?
candida albicans
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Where do ascarid eggs hatch in the chicken? 2
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How long does it take L5 stage or ascarid to mature in the chicken?
28-30 days
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When are ascarid eggs infective?
in 7-28 days
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Tapeworm intermediate host: 4
- Beetles
- Grasshoppers
- Snails
- Flies
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Methods for coccidia control in commercial poultry: 4
- Vaccines
- Ionophore
- Develop immunity
- Coccidia-cidal drugs
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What cecal worm causes histomonas meleagridis?
heterakis gallinarum
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Lead poisoning in birds is diagnostic at ___ in blood & ___ in liver/kidney
- blood= >0.5 ppm
- liver and kidney= >6 ppm
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What level is diagnostic for zinc poisoning?
> 4 ppm
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What level is diagnostic for iron poisoning?
1000+ ppm
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