Ailment Aspergillosis

Description/Symptoms
gasps, discolored face, head/neck twisted, paralysis, aka brooder pneumonia (but can affect adults) coughs, sneezes, face discolored & swollen, diarrhea, red/white spots on legs & comb, bloody nasal discharge anorexic, depressed, below normal body temp, dark head, huddling, frothy diarrhea paralysis

Prevention
keep litter dry, avoid mold, raise waterers, can be eggborn limit/prevent contact with wild waterfowl good hygiene

R
Avian Influenza*

R
Bluecomb B
(transmissible enteritis)

Botulism

B
Bronchitis

cleanliness, dress any wounds with antiseptic vaccine is available, isolate sick birds

R
Cannabalism

rattled breathing, gasps, eye/nasal discharge, high mortality rate

NR
Chlamydiosis*

R
Cholera

B
Coryza

R
Egg Drop Syndrome NR Encephalitis

severe wounds at feet (chicks) & vents, proper nutrition, avoid head, wings; loss of feathers overcrowding, red light in brooders coughs, sneezes, rattled breathing, good ventilation, limit dust gasps, shakes head, eye/nasal exposure discharge, swollen face, diarrhea mouth discharge, labored breathing, rodent control (esp. in late lame, swollen wattles & foot pads, summer, fall and winter), vaccine twisted neck, fever, OR sudden death is available sneezes, rattled breathing, shakes vaccine is available head, eye/nasal discharge, swollen face, diarrhea, stunted growth thin selled or shell-less eggs, reduced egg production, dull, diarrhea (this is a
secondary problem)

ensure proper nutrition, prevent primary diseases

protection from mosquitoes, control cannibalism, rodent control

NR

off feed, not drinking, weight loss, incoordination, inactive, circling, tremors, paralysis

Enteritis B
Necrotic & Ulcerative

Nec: off feed, closed eyes, bloody diarrhea Ulc: off feed, ruffled feathers, drooping

probiotics in diet

wings, chicks will huddle, white diarrhea

Fowl Pox

R
Frostbite

coughs, sneezes, rattled breathing, gasps, eye discharge, warts/scabs, stunted growth tips of comb/wattles turn black and may slough off shakes head, off feed, gaping mouth, shortness of breath; foraging birds are at great risk, from earthworms/snails. A swab down the throat will show small, red worms. coughs, sneezes, gasps, shakes head, eye/nasal discharge, face discolored & swollen, diarrhea, prostration unthrifty, nits at base of feathers, parasites on birds (esp. vents), loss of condition, egg drop, scabs at vent diarrhea, enlarged abdomen, weak, emaciated, small comb labored breathing, lame, paralysis, blind or grey iris w/abnormal pupil, pale comb, diarrhea coughs, sneezes, gasps, shakes head, eye/nasal discharge, swollen face, diarrhea, prostration sneezes, rattles, shakes head, eye/nasal discharge, swollen face, diarrhea, lame, swollen joints there may be no signs OR coughs, sneezes, rattles, swollen face, head twisted, green liver (post mortem)

vaccine is available

NR
Gape Worm

Vaseline applied to comb and or wattles in frigid weather summer: fenbendazole (Safeguard paste) 2 peasized drops for large fowl or liquid Safeguard 10%) 3cc per gallon water nothing outside of biosecurity; this can be airborn between farms Diatomaceous Earth (food grade DE) to dust birds & quarters every 3 wks control arthropods, good hygeine good hygiene, vaccine is available nothing outside of biosecurity nothing outside of biosecurity; can be eggborn nothing outside of biosecurity

NR

Laryngotracheitis

R
Lice

NR
Lymphoid Leukosis NR Mareks Disease

NR
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum R Mycoplasma Meleagridis R Mycoplasma Synoviae R

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R
Omphalitis

sneezes, shakes head, eye/nasal discharge, face discolored & swollen, diarrhea, head twisted, prostration navel infection, dehydrated, weak, pasted vent, off feed this is a chicks disease

vaccine is available

B
Pullorum

good hygiene from nest box to incubation, probios/vitamins in water

B
Rhinotracheitis

labored breathing, droopy, weight loss, culling chicks will huddle, loud chirping, white diarrhea rattled breathing, swollen face/wattles, vaccine is available loss of voice, off colored thinshell eggs, conjunctivitis loss of condition, poor growth, listless, diarrhea. Can lead to enteritis; free range birds at high risk (grasshoppers) chick disorder; chick cannot stand at hatch due to legs being spraddled keep feeders/waterers at chest high level; rotate pastures; Piperazine proper nutrition for parent stock; dont store eggs for hatching more than 5 days; proper incubation practices good hygiene, low stress, managing for healthy immune system control the hosts or birds access to them---no prevention for free ranging nothing outside of biosecurity

R
Roundworm

NR
Splay Leg

NR
Staphylococcus

B
Tapeworm*

off feed, swollen foot pads & joints, lame, diarrhea/pasted vent, strong odor, fever; aka Bumblefoot may see bits of the worms in stool; carried by beetles and earthworms, making free ranged birds susceptible depression, ruffled feathers, off feed, increased thirst, reluctant to move, yellow diarrhea enlarged spleen, kidneys, liver post mortem Reg. form: lame, swollen joints Septo form: face discolored, death, helicopter wings, poor egg prod.

NR
Typhoid

NR
Tenosynovitis

NR

good hygiene; may be spread by contact w/fecal matter

*contagious to people

Ailment Type R: Respiratory NR: Non-Respiratory B: Bacterial