UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: October - December 2009
Highlights of the latest quarterly report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) include a further case of QX-like strain of infectious bronchitis virus as well as lead poisoning seen in ducks and chickens and ionophore toxicity was confirmed in turkeys.
26 March 2010
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 October to December 2009 Published February 2010 Contents Overview: - Factors influencing disease and submission rates - Avian notifiable diseases - Farm visit investigations - Food safety incidents - Zoonoses Cross-sector avian diseases Endemic disease surveillance |
Highlights
- Lead poisoning seen in ducks and chickens and ionophore toxicity confirmed in turkeys.
- Further case of QX-like strain of Infectious Bronchitis virus demonstrated in a 200-bird hobby flock. There was no indication of nephritis which has been described in other cases of QX-like infection.
- The wet weather conditions over the summer and autumn were favourable to the development of nematode parasite infection in game birds.
- Avian paramyxovirus type 2 and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolated from pheasants. This is the first time these two pathogens have been demonstrated together in game birds in Great Britain.
- Report on spironucleosis in game birds in Great Britain 1996 to 2009.
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