Preventing Poultry Disease
Infectious diseases can spread by the introduction of healthy birds who have recovered from disease but are now ______.
What are carriers?
What is an example of keeping your distance?
What is isolating your birds from visitors and other birds?
What disease is abbreviated to ND?
What is Newcastle Disease?
What disease requires state approval prior to vaccination?
What is infectious laryngotracheitis?
A _____ history is important in the investigation for the cause of a disease in the flock.
What is flock?
Can insects cause infectious diseases to spread?
What is yes?
Preventing germs from spreading by cleaning shoes, tools, and equipment is an example of which biosecurity step?
What is keep it clean?
What disease is often referred to as Gumboro Disease?
What is Infectious Bursal Disease?
Breeder chickens are vaccinated at 10-16 weeks of age for this disease?
What is Avian Encephalomyelitis?
One should disinfect flock environments on a ______ basis>
What is regular?
True or false: people who move from flock to flock can carry diseases with them.
What is true?
What does the step don't haul disease home mean?
What is cleaning vehicles and cages?
What disease is caused by a coronavirus?
What is infectious bronchitis?
Both _____ and ______ vaccines are available for prevention of Newcastle disease.
What are live and killed?
Information on the age of a bird can be found where?
What is the flock history?
Impure water, such as _____ drainage water can cause the spread of infectious diseases.
What is the surface?
Sharing tools and equipment with your neighbor is a way to ______.
What is get diseases?
What disease has the following clinical signs:
grey eye, enlarged feather follicles, limb or neck paralysis, and formation of visceral tumors.
What is Marek's disease?
There are two types of fowl cholera vaccines, what are they?
What is live attenuated and inactivated bacterins?
What kind of bird has the better chance of remaining healthy in the presence of infectious organisms?
What is a well-bred, well-fed, vigorous bird maintained in a good environment?
True or False: Airborne fomites can cause infectious diseases to spread from farm to farm?
What is true?
Who operates a toll-free hotline with veterinarians to help you report sick birds?
What is the USDA?
What disease is spread from bird to bird through bites of blood-sucking insects?
What is Fowl Pox?
Most poultry producers use an IB vaccine containing more than one strain for this disease.
What is Infectious Bronchitis?
Although it is impossible to prevent all losses from disease, prevention should be the goal because it is more _______ than treatment.
What is economical?