Veterinaria Digital - 10/12/2021

Some of the most common causes are hyperenergetic diets, some bacterial toxins, or poor quality ingredients in the feed formula. Raw materials with a high content of antinutritional factors can cause excessive microbial growth that produces toxins that...

Veterinaria Digital - 15/11/2021

Enzyme deficiency leads to an excess of undigested substrate in the intestine of the birds. This substrate can be used by bacteria, which multiply causing different types of enteritis. In this image, subtilisin deficiency led to an excess of protein in...

Veterinaria Digital - 2/11/2021

Hepatitis by Shigella: Shigella infection follows the same pattern as Salmonella infection. Transmission is vertical through the yolk (anatomical proximity between liver and ovary), and causes enteritis and cantonment in the bile ducts (as white...

Veterinaria Digital - 25/10/2021

Infectious Bronchitis in broiler: this disease is caused by an avian coronavirus that can have a tropism for the bronchi, kidney and oviduct. In the image we can observe hydrosalpingitis and kidney inflammation. This disease can be transmitted by wild...

Veterinaria Digital - 20/10/2021

In the case of this image, both greenish liver and a part of the intestine were observed in broilers. The isolated microorganism was Pseudomonas, a green pigment-producing bacteria, which matches the observed lesions and signs. Also, microbial isolation...

Veterinaria Digital - 13/10/2021

Certain types of bacterial hepatitis are caused by more than one microorganism, as in the case of the image, where Salmonella, E. coli and Streptococcus were isolated. The infection can come from the intestine of the bird itself, although sometimes the...