With AeroCollect’s large metabolic profile, you can analyze eight common pathogens affecting chicken flocks:
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Avian nephritis virus (ANV)
Avian nephritis virus (ANV) is an infectious disease in poultry, caused by astrovirus. It affects kidney function and reduces productivity. It mainly impacts young birds, leading to symptoms like diarrhea and dehydration. Subclinical disease is also common.
Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV)
Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV), also known as Blue Wing Disease (not to be confused with gangrenous dermatitis), damages blood and immune cells, leading to anemia and immunosuppression in chickens. The disease occurs in young chicks without MDA (maternal antibodies). The disease is often represented in co-infection with reovirus.
Symptoms include weight loss, anemia, and depression. Mortality can be increased. Infected chickens may display blue wings due to decreased blood clotting. Chicks can often recover, but secondary infections can worsen the disease.
Chicken Astrovirus
Chicken astrovirus primarily causes disease in young birds and gives rise to symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract and retarded growth. Vertical transmission at the hatchery leads to the disease White Chick Disease. No treatment exists and prevention is key
Erysipelas
Erysipelas is a bacterial infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. The pathogen affects poultry, including laying hens, turkeys, and broilers, and can infect mammals, including humans, and is seen extensively in pig production.
Symptoms of Erysipelas in poultry is sudden death in the flock, lameness, darkening of skin due to cyanosis, and listlessness. The disease spreads rapidly, and early detection is crucial.
Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV)
Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV) is endemic worldwide, and birds infected often display unspecific symptoms and are depressed in general. Upon inspection the gizzard may display erosions.
Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV)
Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) is highly contagious, and morbidity can reach 100% in the poultry flock. In addition to respiratory clinical signs, a drop in egg production can be seen, and eggs can appear misshapen.
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV)
Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV), also known as Gumboro, affects the immune system of young chickens, typically age 3-6 weeks. The virus is highly contagious and immunosuppressive, leading to decreased production. Birds show ruffled feathers and depression.
Pasteurella spp.
Pasteurella multocida causes Fowl Cholera in poultry. Turkeys are especially sensitive to infection with Pasteurella, and mortality can be high in the flock. The disease can display itself in an acute and chronic form. Acute Fowl Cholera is characterized by a rapid increase in mortality in the flock, with symptoms such as anorexia, diarrhea, and depression. The chronic form involves localized infections, including swollen wattles, joints, and footpads.
| Material: | 1 sample chamber |
| Parameter: | Avian nephritis virus (ANV), Chicken Anemia Virus (CAV), Chicken, Astrovirus, Erysipelas, Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV), Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV), Pasteurella |
| Duration: | 1-2 days |