POultry

Question 1

what is the TPR for poultry (generally!)

Answer 1

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

Question 2

when you examine the chicken mouth - wher edo you checl

Answer 2

choanal cleft
suborbital sinus
nostrils

Question 3

what worms can poultry get

Answer 3

gizzard worm
trichostrongyle
gape worm (tape)
heterakis
capillaria

Question 4

what protozal infections can poultry get

Answer 4

histamonas melegreadis
hexamita mealegreadis
giardia lamblia
trichomonas (canker)

Question 5

how can you sex birds

Answer 5

feather pluck DNA

Question 6

whatpoint do you use to BCS a birdq

Answer 6

pin bone

keel bone coverage

Question 7

what is the uropyogial gland

Answer 7

preen gland

Question 8

what does apteria mean

Answer 8

featherless area

Question 9

which feather do you clip if wing clipping

Answer 9

1st 10 flight feathers

Question 10

basic tx for ectoparasites

Answer 10

permethrin will sort lice and mites

surgical spirit for scaly leg

Question 11

endoparasite tx (basic)

Answer 11

flubendazole (worms)

Question 12

how do you tx canker

Answer 12

cider vinegar

worm (may have made it susceptible)

Question 13

name the 4 zoonotic infectious resp diseases of birds

Answer 13

Chlamydia psittiae
NDV (Notifiabel)
AIV (notifiable)
aspergillosis

Question 14

what pigeon dz is notifiable

Answer 14

pigeon paramyxovirus

Question 15

desc the basics of chlamydia psittaci

Answer 15

gram -ve
intracellular replication
cocci
high and low virulent strains
zoonotic

Question 16

what bacterial infection causes potty liver

Answer 16

campyl

Question 17

what structures are required for egg production

Answer 17

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

Question 18

when incubating eggs - how should they be stored

Answer 18

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

Question 19

when can you lamp an egg successfully

Answer 19

9-10do

Question 20

can you sex waterfowl at day old?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

whay mycoplasma causes egg apex abnormalities

Answer 21

m synoviae

Question 22

name the path which are vertically transmitted

Answer 22

virus:

• reovirus
• retro
• adeno
• astro

bacterial
- salm, e coli, staph, mycoplasma

fungi:
- aspergillus fumigatus

Question 23

what is the best anaesthesic protocol for poultry

Answer 23

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

maintainance = iso or sevo

Question 24

should mask down waterfowl

Answer 24

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

Question 25

what are good analgesics for poultry

Answer 25

buprenorphine NSAIDs - carprofen, ketofen

Question 26

how can you euthanase poultry?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

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

Answer 27

``` starvation chilling congen abnorm e coli aspergillus yolk sac infecion ```

Question 28

what 2 growth deformities do waterfowl get?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

what is the life expectancy of a pigeon?

Answer 29

20-30yrs

Question 30

what si the pigeon louse called

Answer 30

columbicola columbae (slender pigeon louce)

Question 31

what are the names of the mites which affect all birds

Answer 31

``` depluming mite (knemidocoptes gallinae) red (dermanyssus gallinae) northern fowl (ornithonyssus synviarum) scaly leg mite (knemidocoptes mutans) ```

Question 32

what are the general signs of a disease in birds

Answer 32

ruffled feathers weak lethargic

Question 33

what causes v green d+

Answer 33

coccidosis

Question 34

name the worms pigeons get

Answer 34

ascaris | capillaria obsignata

Question 35

what signs does capillaria obsignata cause in pigeons

Answer 35

``` listelless weak regurg anorexic d+ kg loss catarrhal enteritis ```

Question 36

what is a treatment for capillaria obsignata

Answer 36

benzamidzoles

Question 37

what is canker and how is it spread

Answer 37

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

Question 38

how do you tx canker

Answer 38

carmidazole

Question 39

what is pigeon paramyxovirus and what does it cause

Answer 39

``` notifiable PUPd neuro - torticollis sudden death unable to fly/feed ```

Question 40

describe the similarities bw NDV and AIV

Answer 40

``` 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 ```

Question 41

what are the differences be AIV and NDV

Answer 41

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

Question 42

AIV is what virus

Answer 42

orthomyxovirus

Question 43

NDV is what type of virus

Answer 43

paramyxovirus