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| The first line of defense in disease control |
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| Preventing or reducing the possibility of contact between birds and disease agents |
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Hatchery sanitation
Practice all in-- al out
biosecurity
sanitizing all people and equipment
disposing of dead birds and waste properly
use vet and labs
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| What are practice good sanitation procedures |
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disrupt the life cycle of disease organisims
Proper cleaning and disinfecting
may include use of antibiotics and other drugs |
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| What are ways to strengthen birds defenses |
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Proper nutrition
Proper Management
Proper vaccination |
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| A clinical description of respiratory disease, usually induced by poor air quality |
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| High Ammonia levels contributed by old liter and poor ventilated houses. |
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| Porr litter condition and compacted areas increase losses from downgrading |
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| TD (tibial dyschondroplasia) |
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| A lesion commonly found in the proximal metaphseal region of the tibiotarus of fast growing broilers. Lesion can weaken bone, and increased fractures in the fibula. |
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| Flip over disease ( sudden death syndrome) |
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| A condition in which apparently healthy, fast-growing boilers chickens die suddenly. The circulatroy systme of rapidly growing birds doesn't have the capacity to meet demands, usually the aortic ruptures. |
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| Deep pectoral myopathy (green muscle disease) |
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| Affects commerical poultry selected for large breast, the breast muscluature atrophies and resulting necrotic development in a pale green color. |
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| A condition in which the bones of layers become very brittle. |
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| The hock is widened, flatten, and enlarged, and the tendon sometimes slips from the hock and causes the leg to deviated form its normal position. |
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| Nutritional deficiency or inbalance of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. |
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Amino Acid/Protein deficiencies
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| poor muslce growth resulting from diet that are too low in certain amino acids, especailly lysine and methionine. |
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| Ingestion of moldy feed containg toxins which can cause severe growth retardation and death. |
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| A virus which infects wild birds and domestic poultry. |
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| Exotic Newcastle Dissease |
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| One of the most infectious viral diseases of poultry known |
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| A parasitic disease of the intestinal tract |
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| This is a serious bacterial disease of poultry that can spread through hatching eggs to chicks. |
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| What did we test the poultry blood for? |
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| What is in the blue solution? |
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| Antibodies for the Salmonella pullorum which the bacteria will react with to form a precipitate. |
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| Soluble substances derived form a mold or bacteria that inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. |
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| used for the control of certain diseases in poultry |
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| Hormones are not added to poultry diets |
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| Concentrated sources of xanthophylls are added to feed to increase the intensity of yellow pigmentation. |
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| Chemicals that are added to the feed to prevent devlopment of rancidity and estruction of certian vitamins. |
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| The empty space between the white and shell at the large end of the egg. |
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| AKA egg white. most of the egg's liquid weight. Consist of 4 alternation layers of thich and thin consistencies. |
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| the ropy strands of egg white which anchor the yolk in place in the center of the thick white |
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| Contains the maternal DNA. |
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| just inside the shell are two shell membranes |
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| Thiis is the covering of the yolk |
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| Most calories from what part of the egg |
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| Digestion is rapid how long does it take for it to go through the system? |
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| out-pocket of the esophagus that provides storage for consumed food |
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| glandular stomach where the first significant amount of digestive juices are added |
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| A muscualr organ used to grind and break up food |
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| Common chamber into which the digestive, urinary, and repro tracts open |
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| A funnel which collects the yolk after ovulation |
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| is the albumen white secreting portion of the oviduct, is about 13 inches back |
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| The formation of the inner and outer shell membranes. |
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| aka tubular shell gland and shell galnd pouch. |
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| the next section of the oviduct which no egg forming function |
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| Where the egg, feces and urine are excreted |
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