Mareks disease in chickens
Mareks disease in chickens is an infectious lymphomatous and neuropathic disease of domestic fowl caused by the herpes virus. Mareks disease was first reported by a Hungarian Veterinary Pathologist in…
Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT)
Infectious laryngotracheitis is a highly contagious acute to peracute disease of chickens characterized by severe dyspnoea, coughing, expectoration of bloody exudates, and necrotic laryngitis or tracheitis. ILT is caused by…
Quail Disease (Ulcerative enteritis)
Quail disease (ulcerative enteritis) is an acute or chronic infectious disease characterized by listlessness, ruffled feathers, arched back, brownish-yellow diarrhea and ulcerations of the intestinal tract, and focal or diffuse…
Inclusion Body Hepatitis (IBH) in Poultry
Inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) is a disease of young broilers & breeders caused by fowl adenoviruses. Inclusion body hepatitis is an acute infection of chickens characterized by hepatitis, aplastic anemia,…
Infectious Bronchitis in Chickens
Infectious bronchitis (IB) is an acute or subacute highly contagious disease of chickens characterized by respiratory signs and high mortality in young chicks and it is also described by diminished…
Infectious Coryza | Signs, & Prevention
Infectious coryza is acute to subacute rapidly spreading disease of the upper respiratory tract, sinuses, and air passages of the head of several avian species that occurs worldwide. Infectious coryza…
Eggshell and its properties that determine egg quality
Eggshell is an outer hard covering of egg amounting to about 11 percent of total egg weight. It is mainly made up of calcium carbonate. Eggshell provides a protective covering…
Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro)
The infectious bursal disease is an acute highly contagious, infectious viral disease of the growing chickens characterized by sudden onset, short course and extensive damage in the bursa of fabricius…
Molting in Chicken | A Natural Process
Molting is a natural, physiological process to renew old feathers at the end of first year of laying. The time and duration of the first annual molting are important points…
Fowl Pox in Chicken |Treatment & Prevention
Fowl pox is a contagious relatively slow-spreading, viral disease characterized by eruptions on various parts of unfeathered skin or diphtheritic lesions in the mucous membranes of the upper digestive and…