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...

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...

Veterinaria Digital - 25/05/2020

Ovarian infection in layers: Some laying or breeding hens have green, infected ovules in the necropsies. This pathology corresponds to an infection by enterobacteria, usually vertically transmitted, that does not cause the death of the hens, which...

Veterinaria Digital - 18/05/2020

Urate deposits in the different viscera are due to, generally, a renal failure by different causes such as the obstruction of the ureters, dehydration, or direct nephrotoxicity by mycotoxins or infectious agents. In the case of this picture, the renal...

Mucormycosis in the ileocecal valves - 11/05/2020

This avian mycosis is caused by fungi of the Mucor genre (Rhizopus y Mucor). They grow in the lymphatic intestinal tissues, such as the Peyer patches and the ileocecal valves. They alter the functioning of these lymphatic formations and have important...

Veterinaria Digital - 4/05/2020

Certain enzyme deficiencies can cause problems in feed digestibility and absorption, which is the substratum for microorganisms. In the case of protease deficiencies, there is undigested protein in the intestinal lumen, which favors the growth of...