C2-Lxnctster Fanning, Saturday, July 11, 1992 p« lull It ’Ol try Penn State Poultry ] \ Pointers ; D. L. SINGLETARY PSU Dept of Veterinary Science It is normal for a small percen tage of a poultry flock to die between one and two weeks of age from what is commonly known as starve-outs. These chicks or poults are thin, dehydrated and have no feed in the intestinal tract (crop/gizzard parti cularly). Often only litter-like material is found in the gizzard. However, caution is needed not to think that all mortality during this period are starve-outs. The reason is that a variety of viruses can infect young chicks or poults at this young age producing health problems which look very similar to starve-outs. The best known of these viral enteric conditions is bluecomb dis ease of turkeys. The disease is also known as mud fever, transmissible enteritis, infectious enteritis or coronaviral enteritis. It can cause quite high mortality. LAND PRICE EE SOLID STAND SEEDER PENNSYLVANIA Straley Farm Supply, Inc. 1760 East Canal Road Dover, PA 17315 717-292-2631 I.G. Sales & Service Box 200 Silverdale, PA 18961 215-257-5135 Keller Brothers R 7 Box 405 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-949-6501 1950 Fruitville Pike Lancaster, PA 17601 717-569-2500 Marshall Machinery, Inc. Route 642 Honesdale, PA 18431 717-729-7117 Plkevllle Equipment Inc. RD 2, Oysterdale Road Oley, PA 19547 215-987-6277 The rest of this article will dis cuss other viral enteric infections particularly as they pertain to turk ey poults. However, one should know that these viruses, particular ly rotavirus, affect a wide variety of avian species including chick ens, pheasants, pigeons, ducks, guinea fowl and even pet birds. These viral enteric infections are a complex problem as often usually more than one disease agent is involved in the outbreak. Rotavirus is the one typically identified. However, other viruses such as astrovirus, enterovirus, parvovirus and calicivirus have also been reported in causing dis ease problems in young turkey poults. A variety of secondary disease agents such as bacteria, mold (crop mycosis) and organisms such as Cryptosporidia usually complicate the overall disease picture. These viral infections in tuikey poults have a variety of names. 48" and 72" widths Tractor Parts Co. 335 Central Road Bloomsburg, PA 17815 717-784-0250 Stouffar Bros. Inc. 1066 Lincoln Way West Chambersburg. PA 17201 717-263-8424 Stoltzfua Farm Service Cochranville, PA 215-593-2407 M.S. Yearaley & Sons West Chester, PA 215-696-2990 Norman D. Clark & Son, Inc. Honey Grove, PA 717-734-3682 Loysville, PA 717-789-3117 Nlcarry Equipment Co. RD 2. Rt. 61. 3 Miles S. of Leesport, Reading, PA 215-926-2441 The most popular is poult enteritis. Other names include: turkey vir al enteritis, poult stunting and Hint ing, poult malabsorption syn drome or infectious enteritis. Sometimes it is simply called rota virus infection. These viral enteric outbreaks have a sudden onset, are highly infectious and the droppings will contain large quantities of the vir us. The virus-containing drop pings are a particular problem for turkey producers that have multi age flocks on the farm and/or have multi-age brooding in the same building. Because the droppings (diarrhe a) are so sticky, they are easily car ried from place to place (pen to pen, building to building, farm to farm). Also, birds may continue to pass droppings containing virus long after the acute disease is over. These disease agents ate envir onmental; that is, the young bird becomes infected by exposure to a fecal contaminated environment. The disease spreads rapidly through a flock and from flock to flock on the same farm. The viruses causing these prob lems are not egg transmitted; thus, the young are not infected by the breeder hen. Dasrfteld Ag & Turf Cantor, Inc. 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Most outbreaks occur in birds less than 4 weeks of age, but adult birds, if not infected when young, can experience an outbreak. Any or all of the following symptoms may be seen; dehydra tion, watery droppings with past ing of the vent and caking on the Everyday Effort Key To Championship HOLLINS, Va. Jim Funk, the winner here of Livestock Mar keting Association’s 1992 World Livestock Auctioneer Champion ship, credits his attitude with bringing him the tide. "Every day I’m behind the mike I’m competing for the world championship 1 wanted it so bad,” said Funk, of Edgewood, lo wa. Funk won the 29th annual WLAC in competition at the Roanoke-Hollins Stockyard. He said he wanted to salute the “great people” who sponsored him at the Spring Grove Livestock Ex- THANK YOU ROB 191 Turbotville, PA 17772 feet and toes, vent picking, litter eating, poor weight (thin birds), birds seeking a source of heat and huddling together with the suffo cation of some chicks. While most of the flock is sick, fortunately, mortality is generally low less than 4 to 7 percent The next article will describe the economic effects, lesions, diagno sis and prevention and treatment of these viral intestinal infections. change, Spring Grove, Minn. The reserve world champion is Greg Griffeth, Oklahoma City, and the runner-up world champion is Lex Madden, Torrington, Wyo. Last year, in just his first time in the contest Griffeth finished third. After his second place finish this year, there’s only one title left to win. He said. ‘TU be back.” Griffeth was sponsored by Ok lahoma National Stockyards Co., Stockman-Oklahoma Livestock, Inc., and Oklahoma Livestock Or der Buyers, all of Oklahoma City and Apache Auction Market, Apa che, Okla. KEN CLUGSTON (717) 665-6775 CRAFT-BILT CONSTRUCTION INC. FARM-HOME BUILDING 1242 Breneman Road MANHEIM, PA 17545 PH: (717) 665-4372 BUILDING & REMODELING FOR DAIRY RESIDENTIAL SWINE POLE BUILDINGS BEEF STORAGE FROM
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