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Blue Comb Disease By Adam Zurfluh Table of Contents • • • • • • Type of Disease Symptoms Clinical Signs Transmission Treatment Prevention Type of Disease • Scientific Name- Infectious Tenosynovitis • Viral Disease • Turkeys and Chickens Symptoms • Tenosynovitis - Swelling and inflammation of the sheath that surrounds certain tendons • Malabsorption Syndrome - Group of symptoms such as gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea resulting from the inability to properly absorb nutrients. • Helicopter disease – Just a part of Malabsorbtion Sydrome • Reovirus infection – RNA virus that targets the joints or respiratory and intestinal tissues Clinical Signs • Bluish color in the comb • Affected birds lame, sit on their hocks, and are reluctant to move. • Rupture of the tendon can occur in older roaster birds • More than two joints are affected, the entire carcass will be condemned Transmission • Infection spreads rapidly through broiler flocks • Less rapidly in caged layers • Spread by respiratory and digestive tract routes • The virus is shed in the feces. Treatment • There is no satisfactory treatment available • Hens - tetracycline, molasses, and oyster shell therapy is helpful. Prevention • Vaccine - available for use in endemic areas or on endemic farms • Teno-vaxin The End References • http://www.drugs.com/vet/teno-vaxin.html • http://www.springerlink.com/content/y72w7 v5435367833/ • http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/poultry/factshe ets/31.html
