Unit-5 Anil Kumar Asst. Professor Dept. of VCC,
Description: Unit-5 Anil Kumar Asst. Professor Dept. of VCC, BVC, Patna Avian spirochetosis An acute bacterial infection transmitted by tick to a wide range of birds with highly variable and nonspecific clinical signs. Etiology: Caused by Borrelia
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slide1. Unit-5 Anil Kumar
Asst. Professor
Dept. of VCC, BVC, Patna<br>
slide2. Avian spirochetosis An acute bacterial infection transmitted by tick to a wide range of birds with highly variable and nonspecific clinical signs.
Etiology:
Caused by Borrelia anserina, is an actively motile spirochete and consists of 5–8 loosely arranged coils.
Transmission:
The disease occur in temperate or tropical regions, wherever the biologic vectors are found and transmitted by tick Argas persicus where it maintains the infection throughout their larval, nymphal, and adult stages.
Cultivation in vitro is difficult and grow on Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly medium but loses virulence after 12 passages.
In embryonated duck or chick embryos or in young ducks or chicks, it can be propagated.
Other vectors like lice, mosquitoes, some species of ticks, inanimate objects can transmit the spirochete mechanically.<br>
slide3. Ingestion of bile-stained fecal droppings containing the spirochete, contamination of feed or water, and cannibalism during spirochetemia can result in infection.
Clinical Findings :
Highly variable, depending on the virulence of the spirochete.
Listlessness
Depression
Somnolence,
Moderate to marked shivering
Increased thirst
Ruffled feathers
Anemia
Pale combs can be noticed and inappetence can lead to reduced weight<br>
slide4. Young birds are affected more severely than older ones.
During the initial stages of the disease, there a green or yellow diarrhea with increased urates.
Lesions:
Enlarged spleen, with petechial or ecchymotic hemorrhages, appearing dark or mottled
A green, catarrhal enteritis
Diagnosis:
Microscopic Identification
Demonstration of Borrelia in the blood, either as actively motile during darkfield microscopy
Giemsa-stained blood smears, or
PCR
Treatment and Control :
Antibiotics like penicillin derivatives, streptomycins, tetracyclines, and tylosin are effective
Control requires elimination of the tick vector or immunization with bacterins prepared from local strains of B. anserina.<br>
Asst. Professor
Dept. of VCC, BVC, Patna<br>
slide2. Avian spirochetosis An acute bacterial infection transmitted by tick to a wide range of birds with highly variable and nonspecific clinical signs.
Etiology:
Caused by Borrelia anserina, is an actively motile spirochete and consists of 5–8 loosely arranged coils.
Transmission:
The disease occur in temperate or tropical regions, wherever the biologic vectors are found and transmitted by tick Argas persicus where it maintains the infection throughout their larval, nymphal, and adult stages.
Cultivation in vitro is difficult and grow on Barbour-Stoenner-Kelly medium but loses virulence after 12 passages.
In embryonated duck or chick embryos or in young ducks or chicks, it can be propagated.
Other vectors like lice, mosquitoes, some species of ticks, inanimate objects can transmit the spirochete mechanically.<br>
slide3. Ingestion of bile-stained fecal droppings containing the spirochete, contamination of feed or water, and cannibalism during spirochetemia can result in infection.
Clinical Findings :
Highly variable, depending on the virulence of the spirochete.
Listlessness
Depression
Somnolence,
Moderate to marked shivering
Increased thirst
Ruffled feathers
Anemia
Pale combs can be noticed and inappetence can lead to reduced weight<br>
slide4. Young birds are affected more severely than older ones.
During the initial stages of the disease, there a green or yellow diarrhea with increased urates.
Lesions:
Enlarged spleen, with petechial or ecchymotic hemorrhages, appearing dark or mottled
A green, catarrhal enteritis
Diagnosis:
Microscopic Identification
Demonstration of Borrelia in the blood, either as actively motile during darkfield microscopy
Giemsa-stained blood smears, or
PCR
Treatment and Control :
Antibiotics like penicillin derivatives, streptomycins, tetracyclines, and tylosin are effective
Control requires elimination of the tick vector or immunization with bacterins prepared from local strains of B. anserina.<br>