◎ Symptoms: Respiratory distress (gasping, coughing), greenish diarrhea, nervous signs (twisting neck), sudden death.
◎ Control: Vaccination (live and inactivated vaccines), strict biosecurity.
◎ Symptoms: Swollen face, purple combs/wattles, sudden death, drop in egg production.
◎ Control: Culling infected flocks, movement restrictions, vaccination (in some countries).
◎ Pathogen: Gallid herpesvirus 2.
◎ Symptoms: Paralysis (one leg stretched forward), tumors in liver/spleen, blindness (gray eye).
◎ Control: Vaccination (hatchery-administered).
◎ Pathogen: Pasteurella multocida.
◎ Symptoms: Sudden death, green diarrhea, swollen wattles, lameness (chronic form).
◎ Treatment: Antibiotics (e.g., sulfonamides, enrofloxacin).
◎ Pathogen: Salmonella Pullorum/Gallinarum.
◎ Symptoms: White diarrhea (pullorum), high mortality (typhoid), swollen liver/spleen.
◎ Control: Culling carriers, antibiotic treatment (fluoroquinolones).
◎Pathogen: Escherichia coli.
◎Symptoms: Omphalitis (navel infection), airsacculitis, septicemia.
◎Treatment: Antibiotics (e.g., amoxicillin, colistin).
◎ Pathogen: Eimeria spp. (intestinal protozoa).
◎ Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, weight loss, pale combs.
◎ Control: Coccidiostats (e.g., amprolium), vaccines.
◎ Symptoms: Weight loss, diarrhea, reduced egg production.
◎ Treatment: Deworming (e.g., levamisole, fenbendazole).
◎ Symptoms: Feather loss, itching, anemia (severe infestations).
◎ Control: Insecticides (e.g., permethrin, ivermectin).
◎ Pathogen: Histomonas meleagridis.
◎ Symptoms: Yellow diarrhea, darkening of head (in turkeys), liver lesions.
◎ Pathogen: Aspergillus fumigatus.
◎ Symptoms: Gasping, lung nodules (moldy feed/litter exposure).
◎ Cause: Contaminated feed (corn, peanuts).
◎ Symptoms: Liver damage, reduced immunity, poor growth.
◎ Cause: High-energy diets (common in layers).
◎ Symptoms: Sudden death, fatty liver, blood clots.
◎ Symptoms: Weak bones, leg deformities, soft beaks.
◎ Symptoms: Wry neck (stargazing), paralysis.
◎ Cause: Fast growth, poor ventilation.
◎ Symptoms: Fluid in abdomen, labored breathing.
◎ Symptoms: Sneezing, nasal discharge, drop in egg production (misshapen eggs), kidney damage in some strains.
◎ Control: Vaccination (live and killed vaccines).
◎ Pathogen: Birnavirus.
◎ Symptoms: Diarrhea, trembling, swollen bursa of Fabricius, immunosuppression.
◎ Control: Vaccination (maternal and live vaccines).
◎Pathogen: Mycoplasma gallisepticum.
◎Symptoms: Coughing, nasal discharge, frothy eyes, slow growth.
◎Control: Antibiotics (tylosin, doxycycline), vaccination.
◎Pathogen: Riemerella anatipestifer.
◎Symptoms: Sinus swelling, nervous signs, sudden death in ducks (also affects chickens).