Veterinaria Digital - 29/06/2020

Septicemia in birds is very frequent because they lack of regional lymph nodes. This is compensated with a high body temperature to control microorganisms, which makes the incubation periods of several diseases that cause septicemia much longer, of...

Veterinaria Digital - 15/06/2020

Newcastle disease in breeders usually causes hemorrhages in the reproductive system. In addition, semi-encapsulated vesicles with serohemorrhagic liquid content and blood clots are usually found. Many times, this is the only lesion observed, and only...

Biovet S.A. - 8/06/2020

The liver is a multifunctional organ with a key role in egg production. There are several challenges that can affect liver functionality in laying hens. Such causes may have an infectious origin, such as inclusion body hepatitis or infectious toxic...

Veterinaria Digital - 8/06/2020

Type III adenovirus is the cause for the egg drop syndrome (EDS), which produces a rapid drop in egg production, as well as the presence of irregular, shell-cracked or shell-less eggs, such as the ones in the picture, called soft-shelled eggs. Infectious...

Biovet S.A. - 2/06/2020

The most frequent clinical signs are bloody or mucous diarrhea, depression and weakness, abdominal pain, dehydration, paleness of the mucous membranes, weight loss and, in severe cases, constipation and rectal prolapse. In subclinical infestations,...

Veterinaria Digital - 1/06/2020

Orangeish feces caused by trichothecenes: These mycotoxins cause necrosis by contact in the gut mucosa, where there is defoliation of the epithelium and villi loss, which form an orangish jelly that can be observed in the feces. Differently from the...