Veterinary Science & Technology

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, Addis Ababa University, Bishoftu, Ethiopia

Publications

• Case Report   
  Newcastle Disease Outbreak and Intervention in a Chicken Flock with Unknown History: A Case Report
  Author(s): Abdi Feyisa* and Bethel Befekadu
  
  Newcastle Disease (NCD) is a highly contagious and economically damaging viral disease that affects chickens all over the world. It is marked by high mortality, which in unvaccinated flocks reaches 100%. This case study describes an NCD outbreak at a small-scale poultry farm in the Bela sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This farm began with 75 chickens with no previous flock history. When the owners visited the veterinary teaching hospital in Bishoftu, 15 chickens were died and 10 chickens were sick with a history of reduced feed intake, coughing, wing dropping, neck twisting, and incoordination. In addition, there were greenish watery diarrhea and depression. Hemorrhages in the trachea, gut, proventriculus, and cloaca were discovered during post-mortem examinations for gross pathological evaluation on two of the sick chickens. To save the lives of the remaining chi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7579.2021.s5.002

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