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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...

Jaundice or icterus is characterized by the yellow discoloration of unpigmented skin, mucosal and conjunctival membranes, as well as membranes over the sclera and is caused by elevated blood bilirubin concentrations. Jaundice often arises in diseases of the liver and biliary system. However...

PPR, kata, or goat plague is caused by peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), a morbillivirus (family Paramyxoviridae) closely related to the morbilliviruses of rinderpest, measles (in humans), carnivores, and marine mammals. The disease occurs mostly in goats and sheep and has spread...