Livestock Farming

Salmonella pullorum infection is an infectious, egg-transmitted disease affecting chicks and turkey poults. This disease is often associated with white diarrhea and high mortality in young birds, whereas adults are non-symptomatic carriers of infection. This disease has also been known as...

Fowl pox is a viral disease of chickens and turkeys that is characterized by eruptions and scab-like lesions on the combs, wattles and around the mouth, as well as diphteritic or plaque-like lesions in the mouth, esophagus, and the upper part of the trachea. The causative agent is a poxvirus...