Fowl CholeraBacterial disease

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Introduction

• Fowl cholera is an infectious disease of poultry, water fowl, and many other birds usually appearing in poultry as an equate septicemic disease.

• Most frequently occurs in gees turkeys than in chicken.

• Frequently occurs in mature or semi mature birds.

• Mostly occurs when birds are under stressed due to malnutrition, parasites or may b due to poor sanitation.

Etiology

• Fowl cholera is caused by Pasteurella Multocidae G-ve bipolar staining bacillus.

• It grows on blood age.• Serotypes 1, 3 and 3X4 are most commonly

isolated from poultry out brakes.• P. Multocidae is destroyed by many

disinfectants and by sunlight, heat and drying.

Clinical Signs

• In equate fowl cholera sudden unexpected deaths occur in the flock and mortality often increase in the flock.

• Sick birds show anorexia, depression, cyanosis of combs and wattles, nasal and oral discharge, yellow or watery mucoide diarrhea.

• But in case of chronic fowl cholera birds show swelling of joints, wattles, tendon sheath, Infraorbital sinuses etc.

SignsEquate Fowl Cholera

Swellings of comb and wattles Mouth and nasal discharge

Chronic Fowl choleraSwelling of Tendon sheath, Joint ,Foot pad

Tortticulus

Sick birds and Depress birds

Infraorbital swelling in TurkeyCheesy exudate in conjunctival sac and infra orbital sinuses

Lesions

• Generalized hyperemia of upper intestine.• Petecheal or Echimotic Hammeredges on

heart, under serous membranes, on gizzard, seroza of intestine.

• In layers free yolk in peritoneal cavity, equate oophritis.

• Few or many necrotic foci on liver.• Consolidation of lungs.

lesionsGeneralized hyperemia of upper

intestine. oophritis

Necrotic foci on liverFree yolk in peritoneal cavity

Petecheal and Echimotic Hammeredges on seroza of intestine and gizzard

Treatment

• Use sulfa drugs and antibiotics:• Sulfaquinoxaline is better treatment but in

layers drop egg production even cause kidny damage.

• Sulfadimethoxine• Sulfaquinoxaline• Sulfamethazine• Penciline.

• Moving flock to the clean premises or by improving sanitation can help in treatment.

• use of live vaccine during early occurs of out break.