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What actions should be taken if you suspect a Notifiable Disease on a poultry farm?
-Notify DEFRA
-Advise the farmer/Inform of rights
-Quarantine farm and contact farms
-Wait on farm for DEFRA
-Identify recent movements
-Brief farm staff
Name three notifiable diseases in poultry.
-Newcastle disease
-Avian Influenza
-PMV1 of Pigeons
How would you evaluate eggs for signs of disease in a poultry flock?
Shell: no egg, cuticle, blood faeces, colour quality
Albumen: watery whites
Performance: chick quality, pathogens, fertility, hatchability
What are the trends in the UK poultry industry?
-shorter life (more meat tonnage per year but less time to develop immunity and allow for withdrawal periods of drugs)
-less reliance on vaccination
-less reliance on medication
-increase focus on biosecurity and good management
What factors affect biosecurity on a poultry farm?
-hygiene
-feed
-vaccination
-pest control
-water
-people
-subcllinical disease
-immunosuppression
-litter
-site security
-facility design
What actions should be taken if you suspect a Notifiable Disease on a poultry farm?
-Notify DEFRA
-Advise the farmer/Inform of rights
-Quarantine farm and contact farms
-Wait on farm for DEFRA
-Identify recent movements
-Brief farm staff
Name three notifiable diseases in poultry.
-Newcastle disease
-Avian Influenza
-PMV1 of Pigeons
How would you evaluate eggs for signs of disease in a poultry flock?
Shell: no egg, cuticle, blood faeces, colour quality
Albumen: watery whites
Performance: chick quality, pathogens, fertility, hatchability
What are the trends in the UK poultry industry?
-shorter life (more meat tonnage per year but less time to develop immunity and allow for withdrawal periods of drugs)
-less reliance on vaccination
-less reliance on medication
-increase focus on biosecurity and good management
What factors affect biosecurity on a poultry farm?
-hygiene
-feed
-vaccination
-pest control
-water
-people
-subcllinical disease
-immunosuppression
-litter
-site security
-facility design
-vehicles
-poultry source
-equipment
Name some aggravating factors in relation to disease in a poultry flock.
Animal:
-poor nutrition, debilitation, poor immunity, other disease
Environmental:
-stress, overheating, poor ventilation, overstocking, chilling, dust, wet litter
Name some mitigating factors in relation to disease in a poultry flock.
Animal:
-good immunity, nutrition, and condition, minimal disease, use of vaccinations
Environment:
-reduced stress, good ventilation, clean air, quality litter, understocking, correct temperature
Define "egg drop".
The percentage of birds with 100% drop in egg production.
Name two diseases that can be vertically transmitted in chickens.
-Salmonella (transovarially, through deep deposition on albumen at top of oviduct, or via shell contamination
-Mycoplasma (M. gallisepticum, synoviae, meleagrides, iowae)
What conditions in poultry can cause high mortality?
-Highly pathogenic avian influenza
-Newcastle disease
-Gumboro disease
-monovalent ionophore toxicity
-suffocation/heat stress