Poultry disease

Poultry diseases occur in poultry, which are domesticated birds kept for their meat, eggs or feathers. Poultry species include the chicken, turkey, duck, goose and ostrich.

Viral diseases

• Avian infectious bronchitis, caused by a strain of Avian coronavirus previously known as infectious bronchitis virus
• Avian infectious laryngotracheitis, caused by Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1
• Avian influenza, caused by Avian influenza virus
• Duck plague, caused by Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1
• Chicken infectious anemia, caused by Chicken anaemia virus
• Epidemic tremor, caused by Tremovirus
• Fowlpox, caused by viruses in the genus Avipoxvirus
• Infectious bursal disease (IBD), also known Gumboro disease, caused by Infectious bursal disease virus
• Lymphoid leukosis caused by avian sarcoma leukosis virus
• Marek's disease
• Newcastle disease
• Viral arthritis, caused by Avian reovirus

Parasitic diseases

• Scaly leg, caused by the mite Knemidocoptes mutans
• Infestation by Dermanyssus gallinae, the red poultry mite
• Infestation by Echidnophaga gallinacea, the sticktight flea

Bacterial diseases

• Colibacillosis in poultry
• Infectious coryza in chickens
• Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
• Pullorum disease
• Riemerella anatipestifer
• Salmonellosis in poultry
• Staphylococcal infection in poultry
• Streptococcal infection in poultry
• Omphalitis in chicks (mushy chick disease)
• Mycoplasmosis
• Fowl cholera
• Campylobacteriosis
• Pseudomonas
• Ornithobacteriosis

Protozoal diseases

• Histomoniasis (blackhead disease), caused by Histomonas meleagridis
• Coccidiosis
• Trichomonas gallinae

Fungal diseases

• Ergotism, which occurs when poultry feed is contaminated with toxic alkaloids produced by fungi of the genus Claviceps
• Aspergillosis, a non-contagious disease caused when birds inhale Aspergillus spores that cause breathing to be hard for the bird
• Ringworm

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