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POultry Flashcards

1
Q

what is the TPR for poultry (generally!)

A

T - 40
HR - 120-160
RR - 20-130!

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2
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when you examine the chicken mouth - wher edo you checl

A

choanal cleft
suborbital sinus
nostrils

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3
Q

what worms can poultry get

A 
gizzard worm
trichostrongyle
gape worm (tape)
heterakis
capillaria
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4
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what protozal infections can poultry get

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histamonas melegreadis
hexamita mealegreadis
giardia lamblia
trichomonas (canker)

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5
Q

how can you sex birds

A

feather pluck DNA

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6
Q

whatpoint do you use to BCS a birdq

A

pin bone

keel bone coverage

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7
Q

what is the uropyogial gland

A

preen gland

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8
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what does apteria mean

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featherless area

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9
Q

which feather do you clip if wing clipping

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1st 10 flight feathers

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10
Q

basic tx for ectoparasites

A

permethrin will sort lice and mites

surgical spirit for scaly leg

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11
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endoparasite tx (basic)

A

flubendazole (worms)

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12
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how do you tx canker

A

cider vinegar

worm (may have made it susceptible)

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13
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name the 4 zoonotic infectious resp diseases of birds

A

Chlamydia psittiae
NDV (Notifiabel)
AIV (notifiable)
aspergillosis

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14
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what pigeon dz is notifiable

A

pigeon paramyxovirus

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15
Q

desc the basics of chlamydia psittaci

A 
gram -ve
intracellular replication
cocci
high and low virulent strains
zoonotic
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16
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what bacterial infection causes potty liver

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campyl

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17
Q

what structures are required for egg production

A 
infundibulum (catches the ovum)- 0.5hrs
magnum (albumin) - 3hr
isthmus (shell membrane) - 1.25 hr
uterus (eggs shell)  - 20hr
vagina --> cloaca
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18
Q

when incubating eggs - how should they be stored

A

bw 24ho and 7do
10 degrees
washed with warm water and sprayed with virkon-S

19
Q

when can you lamp an egg successfully

A

9-10do

20
Q

can you sex waterfowl at day old?

A

yes! but not chicks. there is an ‘obv’ penis

21
Q

whay mycoplasma causes egg apex abnormalities

A

m synoviae

22
Q

name the path which are vertically transmitted

A

virus:

  • reovirus
  • retro
  • adeno
  • astro

bacterial
- salm, e coli, staph, mycoplasma

fungi:
- aspergillus fumigatus

23
Q

what is the best anaesthesic protocol for poultry

A

induction = ketamine (1mg/kg if 1kg)

maintainance = iso or sevo

24
Q

should mask down waterfowl

A

NO - diving reflex, you’ll never get them down

25
Q

what are good analgesics for poultry

A

buprenorphine

NSAIDs - carprofen, ketofen

26
Q

how can you euthanase poultry?

A
  • dislocation

- Pentobarbitone: IV R. jugular or wing v. OR GA and IM or cardiac

27
Q

the common neonatal diseases in waterfowl are the same as chicks, so what are they?

A 
starvation
chilling
congen abnorm
e coli
aspergillus
yolk sac infecion
28
Q

what 2 growth deformities do waterfowl get?

A

angel wing - XS protein at rearing - this keeps the carpus soft and so the developing wings pull it laterally

rickets - indaeq vit D

29
Q

what is the life expectancy of a pigeon?

A

20-30yrs

30
Q

what si the pigeon louse called

A

columbicola columbae (slender pigeon louce)

31
Q

what are the names of the mites which affect all birds

A 
depluming mite (knemidocoptes gallinae)
red (dermanyssus gallinae)
northern fowl (ornithonyssus synviarum)
scaly leg mite (knemidocoptes mutans)
32
Q

what are the general signs of a disease in birds

A

ruffled feathers
weak
lethargic

33
Q

what causes v green d+

A

coccidosis

34
Q

name the worms pigeons get

A

ascaris

capillaria obsignata

35
Q

what signs does capillaria obsignata cause in pigeons

A 
listelless
weak
regurg
anorexic
d+
kg loss
catarrhal enteritis
36
Q

what is a treatment for capillaria obsignata

A

benzamidzoles

37
Q

what is canker and how is it spread

A

trichomonas protozoa
spread - crop milk
= XS mucus in the mouth and yellow necrotic lesions

38
Q

how do you tx canker

A

carmidazole

39
Q

what is pigeon paramyxovirus and what does it cause

A 
notifiable
PUPd
neuro - torticollis
sudden death
unable to fly/feed
40
Q

describe the similarities bw NDV and AIV

A 
both have spikes (H and N)
both ss RNA
both v infectious
both enveloped
both cause resp, GI and nervous signs
both high mortality
both undergo Ag drift
41
Q

what are the differences be AIV and NDV

A

NDV has F glycoprotein spike too
NDV isn’t segmented
NDV cant Ag shift

42
Q

AIV is what virus

A

orthomyxovirus

43
Q

NDV is what type of virus

A

paramyxovirus

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