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Poultry disease

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Poultry diseases are diseases that afflict poultry. Major types of poultry include the chicken, turkey, duck, goose and ostrich.

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The eradication of poultry disease is very important to the poultry industry.

Viral diseases

  • Chicken anaemia virus
  • Marek's disease
  • Newcastle disease
  • Viral arthritis
  • Turkeypox virus

    • Parasitic diseases

  • Scaly leg, caused by the mite Knemidocoptes mutans
  • Infestions:
  • Dermanyssus gallinae, the red poultry mite
  • Echidnophaga gallinacea, the stickfast flea

    • Bacterial diseases

  • Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
  • Riemerella anatipestifer
  • Streptococcal infection in poultry

    • Protozoal diseases

  • Blackhead disease, caused by Histomonas meleagridis
  • Coccidiosis

    • References

    Poultry disease Wikipedia
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