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Chicken disease presenting as symptoms of eye disease

Release time:

Dec 27,2019


1. bacterial eye disease

  1

chicken infectious rhinitis

The typical symptoms of sick chickens are nasal cavity, sinus inflammation, nasal fluid flow, sneezing, lacrimation, conjunctival inflammation and eyelid edema.

  2

Mycoplasma disease of the chicken

The main symptoms of sick chickens are sinus swelling, cough and dyspnea; later eyelid swelling, eye protrusion such as tumor, tears, due to oppression of the eyeball, often atrophy or blindness.

  3

klebsiella ophthalmia of chicken

Sick chicken performance for the eyelid swelling, severe spread to the entire head, eye tears, eyes completely closed.

  4

staphylococcal disease of chicken

The upper and lower eyelids of sick chickens are swollen, eyes are closed, and purulent secretions will adhere the eyelids. Conjunctiva is red and swollen, with blood and granuloma. The eyeball sunken for a long time and blindness in the later period.

  5

chicken colibacillosis eyeball

In the early stage, the eyelids of sick chickens are swollen, watery, afraid of light, and gradually the pupil is cloudy. Later, the aqueous humor and cornea of the eyes are cloudy, retinal detachment, blindness and eyeball atrophy.

  6

aspergillosis

Sick chickens usually form yellow cheese-like balls under the blink film of one eye, causing the eyelids to bulge, and some form ulcers in the center of the cornea.

2. viral eye disease

  1

chicken infectious laryngotracheitis

Sick chickens have difficulty breathing, moist respiratory rales and coughing, coughing up blood secretions, swelling, bleeding and erosion of laryngeal and tracheal mucosa; Under the eyes, sinus swelling, upper and lower eyelids and tinkic membrane edema, gradual red, eversion, eye fissure narrowing.

  2

chicken encephalomyelitis

General 1~3 weeks old chicks multiple, movement disorders and tremor (especially head tremor is obvious), disease chicken paresis or complete paralysis, eyes straight, dull, eye crystal. The body opacities or pupillary reflexes disappear.

  3

chicken marek's disease

Sick chicken eyelid slight swelling, one or both sides of the blindness, iris normal pigment fade, into the center of the ring or spot shape, as well as diffuse blue or white turbidity, commonly known as fish eyes, gray eyes; Pupil contraction, irregular edge, slightly concave, serious pupil shrinks to the small hole of the needle.

3. vitamin deficiency

  1

Vitamin A Deficiency

The diseased corns have a large amount of watery secretions, the eyelids are closed due to the adhesion of secretions, tears, corneal opacity, and white cheese-like substances are stored in the conjunctival sac. Severe disease chicken blindness, corneal softening, perforation and cause aqueous humor outflow, and finally subsidence of the ball.

  2

Pantothenic acid deficiency

The diseased chicken has dermatitis and eye disease, the eyelid often has mucous exudate adhesion, around the eyelid has small granular and shavings like object attachment.


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