{"id":964,"date":"2018-09-04t14:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-04t14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poultry.mystagingwebsite.com\/?page_id=964"},"modified":"2020-03-20t05:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20t05:48:26","slug":"terminology-related-to-poultry-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.bkpromos.com\/beplayapp网页 \/poultry-health\/terminology-related-to-poultry-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"terminology related to poultry disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

written by<\/strong>: dr. jacquie jacob, university of kentucky<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

acute:<\/span><\/b> an acute disease typically involves a sudden onset of severe clinical signs and death (in contrast with a chronic illness, which involves long-term or recurrent symptoms).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

chronic:<\/span><\/b> a chronic disease generally progresses slowly and\/or involves long-term or recurrent symptoms (in contrast with an acute illness, which involves a sudden onset of symptoms).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

contagious:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0a contagious disease spreads rapidly from one individual to another (in contrast with a noncontagious disease, which does not spread easily).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

infectious:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0infectious diseases are caused by organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, that infect, or invade, another organism and cause disease.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

morbidity: <\/span><\/b>the term\u00a0<\/span>morbidity<\/em> refers to the number of birds within a given flock that are affected by a certain condition or disease (disease prevalence within a population) and that need to be culled\u2014 for health reasons such as leg problems or other clinical signs of disease\u2014as a result.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

mortality:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0the term <\/span>mortality<\/em> refers to the number of birds that die from an illness within a given flock.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

noncontagious:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0a noncontagious disease typically does not spread\u00a0easily\u00a0from individual to individual (in contrast with a contagious disease, which spreads easily).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

noninfectious:<\/span><\/b> noninfectious diseases are caused by nonliving agents such as poisons, mycotoxins, and nutritional deficits.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

poultry:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0the term\u00a0<\/span>poultry<\/em>\u00a0refers to\u00a0chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, quail, pheasants, pigeon, guinea fowl, peafowl, ostrich, emu, and rhea.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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written by: dr. jacquie jacob, university of kentucky acute: an acute disease typically involves a sudden onset of severe clinical signs and death (in contrast with a chronic illness, which involves long-term or recurrent symptoms). chronic: a chronic disease generally progresses slowly and\/or involves long-term or recurrent symptoms (in contrast with an acute illness, which … <\/p>\n

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