Diagnosis of major poultry diseases

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.

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)

Dr. Yehia “Mo” Saif is 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). Dr. Saif received his DVM degree from Cairo University and a PhD from OSU. Among his research accomplishments were the first demonstration of the interspecies transmission of influenza viruses and coronaviruses, elucidating the molecular basis of interspecies transmission of influenza viruses, first demonstration of the diversity of antigenic types of infectious bursal disease viruses, discovery of several avian enteric viruses and definition of their pathogenesis and epidemiology, providing first description of the production and metabolism of the three turkey immunoglobulins elucidating the pathogenesis and epidemiology of Mycoplasma meleagridis including its venereal route of transmission, establishment of a specific-pathogen-free turkey flock in 1964 that has been in existence since and used for experimental studies, demonstrating the effect of relative humidity on the pathogenesis of aspergillosis. Dr. Saif is a past president of the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP) and a Diplomate and past Chair of the Board of Governors of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM) and the American College of Poultry Veterinarians (ACPV). He is currently Editor of Avian Diseases and was Editor-in-Chief of the textbook Diseases of Poultry. He is a highly regarded expert on avian pathology and an advisor to the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and his laboratory is an official OIE reference laboratory. He is author or coauthor of 170 peer-reviewed scientific articles, 28 book chapters and 264 abstracts and popular articles, and he mentored 31 graduate students. Dr. Saif has received numerous awards including AAAP Life Member and Special Service Award, the ACVM Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist Award, an honorary diploma from the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society, and was elected an inaugural member of the Hall of Honor of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) and the research excellence awards from OSU College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), OARDC, AAAP, American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and graduate teaching excellence from CVM.
Dr. Haroldo Toro is Professor in the Department of Pathobiology at Auburn University. He received his DVM degree in 1983 from the University of Chile’s College of Veterinary Sciences. In 1987, Dr. Toro received his PhD from the Institute of Avian Diseases of the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen, Germany. Dr. Toro’s current research focuses on further understanding chicken anemia virus and its interactions with other avian pathogens, and further understanding the role of infectious bronchitis virus in respiratory disease of commercial chickens. During his career, Dr. Toro has also focused on other relevant avian diseases including for example avian influenza and inclusion body hepatitis. He has published 93 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and is a member of the editorial board of the Avian Diseases journal. Dr. Toro was awarded the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in 2007, the L. G. Wolfe Award for Excellence in Graduate Education in 2013, the Auburn University Alumni Professorship in 2013, and the P. P. Levine Award by the American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAAP).