Diseases of the Poultry

FOWL CHOLERA 68. 69.. Fowl cholera is an infectious disease in domestic fowl, waterfowl and other avian species. It is manifested either in acute septicaemic form with a high morbidity and death rates or as chronic local forms (independently or secondary to

PARATYPHOID INFECTIONS 53. Fowl paratyphoid is an acute or chronic disease in domestic fowl and many other avian or mammalian species, caused by some motile Salmonella serotypes that are not host-specific. The highest morbidity and death rates are usually

SALMONELLOSES 36. 37. Pullorum disease is an acute systemic disease in chickens and turkey poults. The infection is trans-mitted with eggs and is commonly characterized by a white diarrhoea and high death rate, whereas adult birds are asymptomatic earners.

Omphalitis (navel infection). It is characterized with reddening and tissue oedema in the umbilical region. 2. Escherichia coli infections are widely distributed among poultry of all ages and categories. They are primarily related to poor hygienic conditions,