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Dermanyssus gallinae (also known as the red mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry.It has been implicated as a vector of several major pathogenic diseases. [1] [2] Despite its common names, it has a wide range of hosts including several species of wild birds and mammals, including humans, where the condition it causes is called gamasoidosis.
Poultry diseases occur in poultry, which are domesticated birds kept for their meat, eggs or feathers. [1] Poultry species include the chicken , turkey , duck , goose and ostrich . [ 1 ]
Bluetongue disease: Culicoid midge: Orbivirus (virus) Cattle, sheep: Fever, salivation, swelling of face and tongue: Europe, Africa: Vaccination Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) Various assassin bugs of subfamily Triatominae: Trypanosoma cruzi (protozoan) Mild symptoms, then chronic heart or brain inflammation: Central and South America
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Swollen eyelids, ocular discharge, and loss of sight are signs and symptoms that are very important for this disease as well. [5] Poor productivity, leg problems, nasal discharge, stunting, inappetence , slow growth, reduced hatchability, reduced chick viability, and abnormal feathers are also some relevant clinical signs of the disease. [ 14 ]
The symptoms are highly fatal to turkeys, but effect less damage in chickens. However, outbreaks in chickens may result in high morbidity, moderate mortality, and extensive culling, leading to overall poor flock performance. [3] Concurrence of Salmonella typhmurium and E. coli was found to cause high mortality in broiler chickens. [6]
There are several diseases that are caused by avian reovirus, which includes, avian arthritis/tenosynovitis, runting-stunting syndrome, and blue wing disease in chickens. Blue wing disease affects young broiler chickens and has an average mortality rate of 10%. It causes intramuscular and subcutaneous hemorrhages and atrophy of the spleen ...
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