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INFECTIOUS CORYZA

INFECTIOUS CORYZA. Rapidly spreading respiratory disease found primarily in chickens. CAUSATIVE AGENT. Hemophilus paragallinarum . INCUBATION PERIOD : One to three days. MORTALITY

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INFECTIOUS CORYZA

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  1. INFECTIOUS CORYZA • Rapidlyspreading respiratory disease found primarily in chickens

  2. CAUSATIVE AGENT • Hemophilus paragallinarum. • INCUBATION PERIOD : One to three days. • MORTALITY • Usually low, but poor management and unsanitary condition as well as secondary infection will increase mortality

  3. Transmission : 1. Carrier birds. 2. Direct contact and airborne droplets. 3. Contaminated water spreads the disease once it is established in the flock .

  4. CLINICAL SIGNS 1. Clear nasal discharge that becomes thick and purulent. 2. Severe unilateral or bilateral swelling of infraorbital sinuses, with eyes completely closed. Foam may accumulate in the corner of the eye due to blocked ducts. The turbinates are normal. Some swell so severely they appear bruised. 3. Yellowish dry crust around nasal opening. Secondary bacterial infections in the sinus is common.

  5. CLINICAL SIGNS 4. Dyspnea. (Difficult breathing). 5. Offensive odor of the nasal discharge. 6. Broilers get very sleepy and may loose about 1 wk. of growth and have high condemnation rates at processing.

  6. Conjunctivitis, sinusitis, nasal discharge

  7. Conjunctivitis, sinusitis, nasal discharge

  8. Nasal, eye exudate

  9. Conjunctivitis

  10. Sinusitis, conjunctivitis, nasal discharge

  11. Sinusitis, nasal discharge

  12. POSTMORTEM LESIONS 1. Tenacious, white to yellow pus and mucus accumulation in the infraorbital sinus. 2. Airsacculitis in chronic cases.

  13. Chronic sinusitis

  14. DIAGNOSIS • SUGGESTIVE - Fast moving respiratory disease that produces swollen faces. • POSITIVE - Isolation and identification of causative organism. Can inject sinus exudate in susceptible chicks and get typical lesions in two or three days. It is easier to culture the organism in these birds just beginning to show signs, before other bacteria invade.

  15. Hemopholis colonies with nurse culture

  16. Gram negative rods

  17. TREATMENT • Most commonly used sulfa drug at present is Sulfadimethoxine (Agribon) in the water and/or RofenaidTM in the feed. • Cannot use sulfa drugs in birds laying eggs for human consumption. • INJECT - Dihydrostreptomycin sulfate • 0.2 grams per hen. • Sulfa drug mixtures in water. • Erythromycin in the water at the rate of 2 grams per gallon or injected as directed on label. This drug cuts down on spread when used in the water. This allows development of immunity but still get egg production drops and carrier birds. • Cannot use these drugs on hens laying eggs for human consumption.

  18. PREVENTION • Complete segregation of pullet stock from mature birds. • All in all out farming breaks the cycle. • If a farm is infected, you must depopulate to eradicate the disease.

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