Poultry disease explained

Poultry diseases occur in poultry, which are domesticated birds kept for their meat, eggs or feathers. Poultry species include the chicken, turkey, duck, goose and ostrich.^[1]

Viral diseases

Avian infectious bronchitis, caused by a strain of Avian coronavirus previously known as infectious bronchitis virus^[2]
Avian infectious laryngotracheitis, caused by Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1^[3]
Avian influenza, caused by Avian influenza virus^[4]
Duck plague, caused by Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1
Chicken infectious anemia, caused by Chicken anaemia virus^[5]
Epidemic tremor, caused by Tremovirus^[6]
Fowlpox, caused by viruses in the genus Avipoxvirus
Infectious bursal disease (IBD), also known Gumboro disease, caused by Infectious bursal disease virus
Lymphoid leukosis caused by avian sarcoma leukosis virus
Marek's disease
Newcastle disease
Viral arthritis, caused by Avian reovirus^[7]

Parasitic diseases

Scaly leg, caused by the mite Knemidocoptes mutans^[8]
Infestation by Dermanyssus gallinae, the red poultry mite^[9]
Infestation by Echidnophaga gallinacea, the sticktight flea^[10]

Bacterial diseases

Colibacillosis in poultry
Infectious coryza in chickens
Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
Pullorum disease
Riemerella anatipestifer
Salmonellosis in poultry
Staphylococcal infection in poultry
Streptococcal infection in poultry
Omphalitis in chicks (mushy chick disease)
Mycoplasmosis
Fowl cholera
Campylobacteriosis
Pseudomonas
Ornithobacteriosis

Protozoal diseases

Histomoniasis (blackhead disease), caused by Histomonas meleagridis
Coccidiosis
Trichomonas gallinae

Fungal diseases

Ergotism, which occurs when poultry feed is contaminated with toxic alkaloids produced by fungi of the genus Claviceps^[11]
Aspergillosis, a non-contagious disease caused when birds inhale Aspergillus spores that cause breathing to be hard for the bird^[12]
Ringworm

Notes and References

Web site: Poultry species . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . 21 August 2021.
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García . Maricarmen . Zavala . Guillermo . Commercial vaccines and vaccination strategies against infectious laryngotracheitis: what we have learned and knowledge gaps that remain . Avian Diseases . 28 January 2019 . 63 . 2 . 325–334 . 10.1637/11967-090218-Review.1 . 31251534. 195413194 .
Barjesteh . Neda . O'Dowd . Kelsey . Vahedi . Seyed Milad . Antiviral responses against chicken respiratory infections: Focus on avian influenza virus and infectious bronchitis virus . Cytokine . March 2020 . 127 . 154961 . 10.1016/j.cyto.2019.154961 . 31901597. 7129915 .
Fatoba . A. J. . Adeleke . M. A. . Chicken anemia virus: A deadly pathogen of poultry . Acta Virologica . 2019 . 63 . 1 . 19–25 . 10.4149/av_2019_110 . 30879309. free .
Book: Wernery . Ulrich . Samour . Jaime . Avian medicine . 2016 . Elsevier . 9780723439554 . 435 . 3rd . Viral diseases.
Web site: Nicholds . Jenny . Sellers . Holly S. . Viral arthritis in poultry . . 21 August 2021 . March 2020.
Sparagano . Olivier A. E. . Ho . Jeffery . Parasitic mite fauna in Asian poultry farming systems . Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 9 July 2020 . 7 . 400 . 10.3389/fvets.2020.00400 . free . 32733926 . 7363926.
George . David R . Finn . Robert D . Graham . Kirsty M . Mul . Monique F . Maurer . Veronika . Moro . Claire Valiente . Sparagano . Olivier AE . Should the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae be of wider concern for veterinary and medical science? . Parasites & Vectors . December 2015 . 8 . 1 . 178 . 10.1186/s13071-015-0768-7 . 25884317. 4377040 . free .
Web site: Koehler . Philip G. . Pereira . Roberto M. . Kaufman . Phillip E. . ENY-244/MG236: Sticktight Flea, Echidnophaga gallinacea . University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences . 22 August 2021 . 13 November 2018.
Coufal-Majewski . Stephanie . Stanford . Kim . McAllister . Tim . Blakley . Barry . McKinnon . John . Chaves . Alexandre Vieira . Wang . Yuxi . Impacts of cereal ergot in food animal production . Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 25 February 2016 . 3 . 15 . 10.3389/fvets.2016.00015 . free . 26942186 . 4766294.
Beernaert . L. A. . Pasmans . F. . Van Waeyenberghe . L. . Haesebrouck . F. . Martel . A. . Aspergillus infections in birds: a review . Avian Pathology . October 2010 . 39 . 5 . 325–331 . 10.1080/03079457.2010.506210 . free. 20954008.