RESPIRATORY
REPIRATORY II
PARASITES
SANITATION
BIOSECURITY
100

What diseases spread rapidly

Infectious bronchitis

Newcastle


100

White or yellow bumps on comb, face or wattles turning to scabs

Canker sores in the mouth, throat and windpipe; difficulty breathing, nasal or eye discharge

Fowl pox

100

What are the two common types of parasite classes

internal and external

100

There are 9 measures that someone should take to ensure the home flock is healthy. What is the first step?

Complete cleaning and disinfecting of house and equipment beore starting baby chicks or housing layers. 

100

What is biosecurity?

Includes management practices that prevent the entrance of germs and disease into the flock and into neighboring flocks. 

200

This disease is rapidly spread; gasping; wet eyes, swollen sinuses; drop in egg production; misshapen eggs; rough or soft-shelled eggs; water egg whites; death

Infectious bronchitis

200

Thick nasal discharge with odor; swollen sinuses; ruffled feathers; difficulty breathing

coryza

200

Name three types of external parasites

Chiggers

Lice

Mites

200

What is important to do daily to maintain good sanitation?

Daily cleaning of waters


200

What is the first step of biosecurity?

Purchase healthy stock

300

Rapid spread; gasping; rattling; loss of appetite; coughing; huddling; paralysis of legs; twisted neck; walking backward; drop in egg production; soft or misshapen eggs

Newcastle

300

Droopiness; difficulty breathing; loss of flesh; drop in egg production; purplish swollen head, comb and wattles; paralysis

cholera

300

What do lice look like? What are signs?

large yellowish transparent insects on the skin

low weight; black discoloration in the vent and tail area; drop in egg production

300

What does good litter sanitation involve?

1) screened manure pits under roosts, feeders and waterers

2) keeping litter dry and clean

3) disposing of litter and manure by spreading and plowing or spading manure under soil. (Spread or stored in areas not used by poultry)

300

In terms of biosecurity, which is better for birds: confinement or free range

Confinement

400

Slow spread, coughing, sneezing; sitting hunched on floor; emitting a cawing sound; coughing bloody mucus; nasal discharge; swollen head and wattles; drop in egg production; death

Laryngotracheitis

400

Which respiratory diseases are the most likely to cause death

Infectious bronchitis

Newcastle

Laryngotracheitis

400

Name 3 of the 4 kinds of mites

Red: roost mites- loss of weight; red specks; death

Northern Fowl: Red/black specks around vent; unthrifty; drop in egg production

Feather: loss of feathers

Scaley leg: enlarged shanks, toes with raised crusty scales


400

How should dead chickens be disposed of 

incinerating, burying, or composting

400

How should equipment from other farms be dealt with?

It should not come into contact with equipment from your farm. Everything must be sanitized. 


500

difficulty breathing; ruffled feathers; nasal discharge; rattling; facial and nasal swelling; weakness; drop in egg production; swollen joints; yellowish feces

Mycoplasma

500

What are two diseases that are highly pathogenic transmissible diseases?

Exotic Newcastle

Avian Influenza

500

Name 3 of the 5 internal parasites

Large roundworm: long yellow white worms in intestine; weight loss; droopiness; diarrhea, death

Capillary worm: hairlike worms in crop; weight loss; droopiness, death

Cecal worm: short worms in ceca; unthrifty

Tapeworm: long flat segmented worms in intestine; unthrifty; slow growth; weakness

Gapeworm: red forked worms in trachea; gasping and coughing


500

Where should young chickens be raised?

away from adult birds

500

What are 5 key ways to maintain biosecurity?

1) purchase health stock

2) keep birds confined

3) keep dirty equipment and materials from other flocks away from your flock. 

4) do not mix domesticated birds with wild or caged birds (canaries) 

5) medicate properly and follow directions

6) keep unfamiliar people and those who might be disease carriers away from your flock

7) control vermin

8) practice insect control program

9) keep pen areas weed and debris free and keep buildings in good repair.