Veterinaria Digital - 27/04/2020

Enteritis caused by fat acidity: An excess of fat rancidity in the diet can cause enteritis due to irritation by contact with rancid fat and makes birds prone to suffering from secondary infections or compromise nutrient absorption. Rancidity is measured...

Veterinaria Digital - 20/04/2020

Liver steatosis in broilers (Fatty liver): In steatosis there is hepatomegaly with fat accumulation, which is caused by several factors such as the intake of low-quality fat, energy/protein disbalances in the diet and the presence of toxic substances in...

Veterinaria Digital - 14/04/2020

Egg depigmentation: Porphyrins are synthesized in the liver during erythrocyte recycling, so any factor that damages the liver or alters its metabolism can affect egg pigmentation. Processes causing anemia and, therefore, reducing erythrocytes or...

Veterinaria Digital - 6/04/2020

Mycosis in the gizzard: in several occasions, lesions with different etiologies can be observed in the gizzard’s corneal layer. If the casual agents are fungi, when separating the corneal and the muscular layers, there is presence of a whitish...

Veterinaria Digital - 30/03/2020

Avian Infectious toxic hepatoenteritis: this infection is transmitted vertically and characterized, among other lesions, by bacterial hepatitis, with black-greenish lesions in the liver caused by bacteria from the yolk, which is not absorbed and was...

Veterinaria Digital - 23/03/2020

Urates in the heart: some disorders lead to renal failure and, consequently, accumulations of urates  in different viscera. Usually, they accumulate in the kidneys first, and later in other organs such as the heart, as observed in the picture. In the...