With AeroCollect’s large musculoskeletal profile, you can analyze six common pathogens affecting chicken flocks:
Gain valuable insights into the health of your flock with our comprehensive analysis.
Avian reovirus
Avian Reovirus (ARV) encompasses both apathogenic and pathogenic strains. The pathogenic strains often display themselves with clinical findings related to the gastrointestinal-, respiratory-, and musculoskeletal system, such as arthritis and tenosynovitis. Younger birds are more susceptible to the disease.
Enterococcus Cecorum
Enterococcus cecorum are considered an opportunistic pathogen of the intestinal tract that has the potential to cause disease in poultry, often as a secondary bacterial infection. Findings are mostly related to the musculoskeletal system and include lameness, arthritis, and osteomyelitis.
E.coli
Ecoli is a commensal pathogen that lives in the gut of poultry and other animals. Certain E. coli strains have the ability to become pathogenic, such as APEC (Avian Pathogenic E. coli), leading to Colibacillosis. Co-infection with other pathogens, as well as stress, make birds more susceptible to infection with E. coli. In the event of colibacillosis, birds can show a range of symptoms related to gastrointestinal as well as respiratory symptoms. In layers a drop in egg production can be observed.
Mycoplasma spp
Several Mycoplasma subspecies exist and M. gallisepticum (MG) and M. synoviae (MS) are known to cause disease in poultry. Birds infected with MG can express respiratory symptoms and layers a drop in eggs laid. MS infection expresses itself as unspecific respiratory symptoms and can be subclinical. Another sign of infection with MS can be swollen joints due to synovitis.
Mareks disease herpesvirus (MDV)
Marek’s disease herpesvirus (MDV), or just Marek’s, is a highly contagious form of herpesvirus affecting poultry. Marek’s causes a variety of symptoms, including lameness, paralysis, crooked neck, paleness and dropping wings.
Marek’s consists of three serotypes. Serotype 1 is pathogenic, whereas serotypes 2 and 3 are apathogenic to poultry, with serotype 3, especially, being utilized in vaccines (HVT).
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) are bacteria that are resistant towards regular penicillin.
Several types of MRSA exist, most are common in humans, but MRSA CC398 is often detectable in animals, especially in pigs.
MRSA is found on skin and snout, and pigs are often unaffected by its presence. But the bacteria can spread to humans through the air where they have the potential to produce abscesses and impetigo.
| Material: | 1 sample chamber |
| Parameter: | Avian reovirus, E. cecorum, E. coli, M. synoviae, Mareks, Staphylococcus |
| Duration: | 1-2 days |