List of avian diseases

From Poultry Hub

Poultry can be affected by many types of disease and a wide variety of pests (and behavioural problems), including those in the list below.

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• Ascites
• Avian encephalomyelitis
• Avian influenza
• Avian Intestinal Spirochaetosis
• Avian tuberculosis
• Cannibalism (or aggressive pecking)
• Chicken anaemia virus infection (or CAV)
• Chlamydophilosis
• Coccidiosis
• Colibacillosis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Candidiasis (or crop mycosis)
• Darkling beetles
• Egg drop syndrome (or EDS)
• Fatty liver syndrome
• Fowl cholera (or pasteurellosis)
• Fowl pox
• Histomoniasis
• Inclusion body hepatitis (or Fowl adenovirus type 8)
• Infectious bronchitis
• Infectious bursal disease (or Gumboro)
• Infectious coryza
• Infectious laryngotracheitis
• Leg and skeletal problems
• Lice and mites
• Lymphoid leukosis
• Marek’s disease virus or MDV
• Mycoplasmosis
• Necrotic enteritis
• Newcastle disease
• Parasitic worms (or Helminths)
• Rickets and cage layer fatigue
• Toxoplasmosis
• Trichomoniasis

See also

• Rapid tests for poultry diseases
• Types of disease
• Disease prevention
• Immune system
• Australasian Veterinary Poultry Association

External links

• The Merck Veterinary Manual has a section dedicated to Poultry
• Wikipedia: Poultry disease Definition of Poultry Disease from Wikipedia.