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ByIvanDinev,DVM,PhD

BookContents

BacterialDiseases

EGGDROPSYNDROME1976

ESCHERICHIACOLIINFECTIONS
SALMONELLOSES
PARATYPHOIDINFECTIONS
FOWLCHOLERA
RIEMERELLAANATIPESTIFERINFECTIONS
MYCOPLASMA
NECROTICENTERITIS
CHOLANGIOHEPATITISINBROILERCHICKENS
GANGRENOUSDERMATITIS
BOTULISM
AVIANTUBERCULOSIS

ViralDiseases
VIRALINCLUSIONBODYHEPATITIS
HAEMORRHAGICENTERITISOFTURKEYS
EGGDROPSYNDROME1976
ADENOVIRUSGROUPIASSOCIATEDINFECTIONS
INFECTIOUSBURSALDISEASE(GUMBORO)
INFECTIOUSBRONCHITIS(IB)
LARYNGOTRACHEITIS
SWOLLENHEADSYNDROME
INFECTIOUSENCEPHALOMYELITIS
NEWCASTLEDISEASE
FOWLPOX
REOVIRUSINFECTIONS

NeoplasticDiseasesinPoultry
VIRUSINDUCEDNEOPLASTICDISEASESMAREK'SDISEASE
LYMPHOIDLEUKOSIS
MYELOCYTOMATOSIS
ERYTHROBLASTOSIS
ADENOCARCINOMATOSIS

ParasiticDiseases
COCCIDIOSIS
HISTOMONOSIS
ASCARIDIOSIS
RAILLIETINOSIS
KNEMIDOKOPTOSIS

MycosesandMycotoxicoses
ASPERGILLOSIS
ASPERGILLUSGRANULOMATOUSDERMATITIS
AFLATOXICOSIS
CANDIDIASIS
FUSARIOTOXICOSES

DeficiencyDiseases
VITAMINB2DEFICIENCY
VITAMINBiDEFICIENCY
209.210.211Theeggdropsyndrome1976(EDS76)isaninfectiousdiseaseinlayer
VITAMINEDEFICIENCY
hensmanifestedbyaquickdropineggproduction,failuretoreachpeakproduction,
FATTYLIVERHAEMORRHAGICSYNDROMEirregularly shaped eggs, softshelled or shellless eggs and depigmentation. The
SLIPPEDTENDON(PEROSIS)

aetiological agent is an adenovirus of group III. The horizontal transmission occurs

slowly in battery systems and rapidly in floor housing systems. The first sign is the
loss of egg pigmentation, rapidly followed by the appearance of softshelled, shell
PULMONARYHYPERTENSION(ASCITIS)SYNDROMEINBROILERCHICKENS
less of deformedshell eggs. If defective eggs are discarded, the remaining ones
AMYLOIDOSIS
have no problem with fertilization and hatching. The drop could be sudden or
DEEPPECTORALMYOPATHY
RUPTUREOFTHEGASTROCNEMIUSTENDONINBROILERBREEDERS
prolonged. Usually, it lasts for 410 weeks and the egg production is reduced by
CAGELAYERFATIGUE
about 40%. Apart the inactive ovaries and oviduct atrophy, other lesions are not
DYSCHONDROPLASIA
discovered.Thereplicationofthevirusinepithelialcellsofoviductglandsresultsin
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severeinflammatoryanddystrophicchangesinthemucouscoat.Theappearanceof
HYPERANDROGENISMINBROILERCHICKENS
eggs with impaired quality and the dropped egg production are suggestive for EDS
EFFECTOFSTICKYWILLY(GALIUMAPARINE)SEEDSONHEALTHYSTATUSANDPRODUCTIONTRAITSIN
76. The diagnosis is supported by some serological studies and is confirmed after
BROILERCHICKENS
isolationandidentificationofthevirus.Inmanyinstances,noantibodiesaredetected
GIZZARDIMPACTIONINTURKEYPOULTS
in infected flocks until egg production approaches levels between 50% and peak
ROUNDHEARTINTURKEYS(DILATEDCARDIOMYOPATHY)
production.
ACUTESELENIUMINTOXICATION
ACUTEPROPANEBUTANEINTOXICATION

SPONTANEOUSRUPTUREOFTHECAUDIALRENALARTERYINTURKEYS
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