Veterinaria Digital - 30/12/2017

20% of dead breeders have superficial nodules of unknown origin in their testicles. Same lesions were observed in higher percentages in other breeder strains.

Veterinaria Digital - 16/12/2017

The presence of petechiae in fat located on birds' femorotibial muscle is a pathognomonic lesion for avian septicemia.

Veterinaria Digital - 9/12/2017

The existence of a physical barrier along the oviduct (due to salpingitis or another physical cause) can lead to eggs falling into the abdominal cavity. With time, it dehydrates, calcifies and adheres to the abdominal wall or the gut, causing, from this...

Veterinaria Digital - 2/12/2017

The internalization of the vitellus (yolk) takes place during the few hours prior to hatching. This process is done through the navel. In case of vitellus infection, the healing of the navel slows down and we can see a naval such as the one in this...

Veterinaria Digital - 26/11/2017

Clostridium is a telluric organism, resistant to high temperatures, that is introduces to the food chain and colonizes the birds´ intestine. An excess of undigested protein promotes its proliferation.

Veterinaria Digital - 19/11/2017

The proliferation of SH2+ Clostridium in the gut is favored by the use of meat protein with low nutritional quality or the presence of undigested protein. Microorganisms that are SH2+ are highly toxigenic and they can poison the liver, causing its...