Poultry disease

Poultry diseases occur in poultry, which are domesticated birds kept for their meat, eggs or feathers. Poultry species include the chicken, turkey, duck, goose and ostrich.

Viral diseases

• Avian infectious bronchitis, caused by a strain of Avian coronavirus previously known as infectious bronchitis virus
• Avian infectious laryngotracheitis, caused by Gallid alphaherpesvirus 1
• Avian influenza, caused by Avian influenza virus
• Duck plague, caused by Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1
• Chicken infectious anemia, caused by Chicken anaemia virus
• Epidemic tremor, caused by Tremovirus
• Fowlpox, caused by viruses in the genus Avipoxvirus
• Infectious bursal disease (IBD), also known Gumboro disease, caused by Infectious bursal disease virus
• Lymphoid leukosis caused by avian sarcoma leukosis virus
• Marek's disease
• Newcastle disease
• Viral arthritis, caused by Avian reovirus

Parasitic diseases

• Scaly leg, caused by the mite Knemidocoptes mutans
• Infestation by Dermanyssus gallinae, the red poultry mite
• Infestation by Echidnophaga gallinacea, the sticktight flea

Bacterial diseases

• Colibacillosis in poultry
• Infectious coryza in chickens
• Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
• Pullorum disease
• Riemerella anatipestifer
• Salmonellosis in poultry
• Staphylococcal infection in poultry
• Streptococcal infection in poultry
• Omphalitis in chicks (mushy chick disease)
• Mycoplasmosis
• Fowl cholera
• Campylobacteriosis
• Pseudomonas
• Ornithobacteriosis

Protozoal diseases

• Histomoniasis (blackhead disease), caused by Histomonas meleagridis
• Coccidiosis
• Trichomonas gallinae

Fungal diseases

• Ergotism, which occurs when poultry feed is contaminated with toxic alkaloids produced by fungi of the genus Claviceps
• Aspergillosis, a non-contagious disease caused when birds inhale Aspergillus spores that cause breathing to be hard for the bird
• Ringworm

References

1. Lists of animal diseases
2. Poultry
3. Virulent Newcastle disease
4. Marek's disease
5. Avian influenza
6. Infectious bursal disease
7. Pullorum disease
8. Poultry farming
9. Poultry feed
10. Airsacculitis
11. Influenza A virus
12. Botulism
13. Dermanyssus gallinae
14. Histomoniasis
15. Infectious coryza in chickens
16. Psittacosis
17. Egg binding
18. Fowlpox
19. Ascaridia galli
20. Carolina parakeet