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Dr.Kedar Karki
Background:
A sudden and unexpected increased in
mortality in broiler.
Age:8-16 days.
Location :Chitwon, Kathmandu Valley.
Mortality lasted for 3-5 days
Clinical picture:
Affected birds recumbent.
Depressed.
Often went to star-gazing spasm.
Hurdling of the birds.
Trembling.
Blindness.
Loud chirping
Clinical picture:
Litter eating.
Ataxia.
Comatose.
Birds dead with breast down and feet ,legs
straight out behind
Postmortem lesions:
Hemorrhage in liver with necrosis of liver
cells.
Regressed thymus.
Regression of bursa of Fabricius.
Dehydration with accumulation of kidney
Urate.
Postmortem lesions:
Fluid in crop, Fluid in lower gut, watery
contents in ceca
Yellow elastic shanks.
Swollen joints.
Molted appearance. Of brain
Laboratory investigation:
Mycobiota/Microbiota of postmortem tissue
Lung,liver,Proventriculus,Gizzard,Brain,Spleen
Total samples:298
Negative: 24
Mycology; Aspergillus spp, Penicillium spp, in 182
samples, Salmonella spp 24
Mixed E.coli and Staph 68
Treatment provided
Liquid toxin binder like toxolivum
Immunomodulaters,immunocare
Multivitamin B-complex
Liquid microminirals.in water has given
promising result in Kathmandu valley area out
break
Acute aspergillosis
inappetance, depression, polydipsia,
polyuria, dyspnoea, cyanosis
= sometimes, sudden death without any
signs
Chronic aspergillosis
signs are dependent on the area of
invasion
change in voice
respiratory stridor
exercice intolerance
ataxia, torticollis, seizures
conjunctivitis, keratitis
beak malformation…
meningo-
encephalitis
Avian aspergillosis »
= not a single entity but a complex of
several diseases…
poor prognosis
importance of prophylactic-procedures
Réduction of fungal contamination
Chimioprevention ?