Handy and rigorous book focused on the diagnosis of the main diseases affecting poultry through a practical and visual approach of the topic, and written by prestigious experts with a wide experience in this field. Each disease has been thoroughly reviewed including the most updated information (clinical signs, gross and microscopic pathology, as well as methods of isolation or detection of the etiologic agent(s) and serologic methods for antibody detection) to better understand the content. Numerous graphic resources (images, graphs, tables, flowcharts) have been included to complement the information provided and make the contents understandable and accessible to readers.

Authors:

YEHIA “MO” SAIF

Professor and Head Emeritus of the Food Animal Health Research Program of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) at The Ohio State University (OSU).

HAROLDO TORO

Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at Auburn University.

KEY FEATURES:

➜ Practical and visual approach of the topic.

➜ Written by prestigious experts.

➜ Useful tool for the practicing veterinarian and the laboratory diagnostician.

Table of Contents:

1. Principles of diagnosis in

poultry

(M. J. Pantin-Jackwood)

2. Viral diseases

Newcastle disease and other

paramyxovirus infections

(E. Spackman)

Infectious bronchitis

(V. L. van Santen and H. Toro)

Infectious laryngotracheitis

(G. Beltrán and M. García)

Avian influenza

(L. Wang and Y. Zhang)

Infectious bursal disease

(Y. M. Saif)

Marek’s disease

(J. Dunn)

Avian leukosis

(G. Zavala)

Chicken infectious anemia

(H. Toro)

Reovirus infections

(E. Spackman)

Metapneumovirus infections

(Q. Yu)

Fowlpox

(D. N. Tripathy)

Adenoviral diseases

(F. W. Pierson)

Enteric viral infections

(Y. M. Saif)

Avian encephalomyelitis

(H. L. Shivaprasad)

3. Bacterial diseases

Salmonellosis

(R. Gast and W. D. Waltman)

Fowl cholera

(M. Prarat and J. Cui)

Mycoplasma infections

(M. El-Gazzar)

Infectious coryza

(C. L. Hofacre, M. Lee, J. R. Glisson and G.

Zavala)

Bordetellosis

(K. B. Register)

Ornithobacterial infections

(H. M. Hafez)

Clostridial diseases

(K. V. Nagaraja and A. Thachil)

Campylobacteriosis

(I. Kassem and G. Rajashekara)

4. Fungal diseases

Aspergillosis

(M. França and H. L. Shivaprasad)

5. Protozoal diseases

Coccidiosis

(R. Hauck)

Histomoniasis

(R. Hauck)