Diagnostic Guide of Respiratory Conditions

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MAIN CHALLENGES IN P

ULTRY FARMING

Diagnostic Guide of Respirat ry Conditions Ricardo Soncini Alberto Back

MAIN CHALLENGES IN POULTRY FARMING

Diagnostic Guide of Respiratory Conditions

MAIN CHALLENGES IN P

ULTRY FARMING

Diagnostic Guide of Respirat ry Conditions Ricardo Soncini Alberto Back

AUTHORS: Ricardo Alfredo Soncini, Alberto Back FORMAT: 17 × 11 cm NUMBER OF PAGES: 82 BINDING: Softcover, wire-o

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This guide is intended to help veterinary practitioners who work on poultry farms. It illustrates the main features of respiratory diseases of poultry and how to recognise and differentiate them, as well as what samples to send for laboratory diagnosis.

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Diagnostic Guide of Respiratory Conditions

Presentation of the book This book is focused on the diagnosis of transmissible diseases in poultry. It first outlines general concepts: collecting a history and laying the groundwork for diagnosis; obtaining information on the specific problem; observing clinical manifestations in the affected population; calculating morbidity, mortality, and lethality; obtaining representative samples for diagnosis; performing euthanasia in a way that ensures animal welfare; identifying the equipment needed for necropsy and sample collection; labelling and packaging samples for transport to the laboratory; and providing the appropriate information along with the samples.

Each chapter addresses one disease. Each includes the aetiology and characteristics of the agent, the principal clinical manifestations and lesions; means of transmission; collection of samples for diagnosis; interpretation of laboratory results; and measures to prevent spread of the agent through the area. This guide highlights the reportable diseases for the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health).

It also contains many visual resources; photographs of clinical signs and lesions, tables of differential diagnoses of included diseases, and samples for the laboratory are all included. It also contains a bibliography for more information.

The author Ricardo Alfredo Soncini Ricardo Alfredo Soncini is Brazilian and received his veterinary degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the National University of La Plata, Argentina, in 1965. He obtained his PhD in veterinary science at the National University of La Plata, Argentina, in 1972.

Specialist in pathology. Doctoral thesis: “Research on avian encephalomyelitis virus”.

Professor of veterinary pathology at the National University of Río Cuarto–Córdoba, Argentina (1973–1978). Director of Sensu-Latus postgraduate courses in animal health management and infectious poultry diseases of economic importance. Faculty of Veterinary Science of Santa Catarina State University, Brazil, and Faculty of Veterinary Science of Xanxeré, University of West Santa Catarina, Brazil (1996-2000).

Member of doctoral thesis committees at federal universities: UFRGS (Porto Alegre); UFU (Uberlandia); UFPel (Pelotas).

Professional activities: Scientific research grant from Conicet Argentina to study avian encephalomyelitis virus (1971–1972).

IICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture) international consultant working to organise a health laboratory and perform avian and porcine health research projects for CNPSA/EMBRAPA (National centre for avian and porcine research, Brazilian agricultural research corporation, Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil) in Concordia, Brazil, (1981–1986).

Manager of agricultural production at the company Sadia SA, Brazil (1986–2007). Director of health programmes in the agriculture sector. Coordinator of agricultural technicians and agricultural extension workers in 11 production units of the company. Implementation of good production, hygiene, and management practice programmes on farms, training programmes for technicians, and programme evaluation; director of food safety in farm production (poultry and pork); control of Salmonella and other agents of public health importance; representative of the agriculture industry to the Brazil Ministry of Agriculture for the creation of a health policy for poultry production; president of the animal health committee in the agriculture industry in the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná (Brazil) from 1999 to 2006.

Diagnostic Guide of Respiratory Conditions

Instructor for ACE International Consultants SL of a training and capacity building programme for technicians and poultry producers as part of a support scheme for economic integration in Paraguay (AIESRP), funded by the European Commission, 2013.

Publications and conference presentations: More than 80 books and publications in scientific journals and conferences; coordination of professional training programmes.

Collaborating author Alberto Back

Technical director and owner of MercoLab, a diagnostic laboratory in Cascavel, Brazil; consultant in poultry health and production for companies in Brazil and in several countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Author of the book Manual de doenças de aves (Manual of Avian Diseases) (2010); various works published in international scientific journals. Member of the editorial board of the journal Ciencia Rural; scientific collaborator with FAO/OIE for avian influenza control (2005-2007); member of the Poultry Science Association (PSA), American Association of Avian Pathologists (AAPP), World Poultry Science Association (WPSA).

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Degree in veterinary medicine from the Federal University of Santa MarĂ­a, Brazil (1977); doctorate (1988) and PhD from the University of Minnesota, USA (1998). Postdoctorate at the University of Minnesota (1999); associated research at the University of Minnesota (1999-2000).

MAIN CHALLENGES IN P

ULTRY FARMING

Diagnostic Guide of Respirat ry Conditions Ricardo Soncini Alberto Back

Table of contents 1. General concepts 2. Infectious bronchitis 3. Avian laryngotracheitis 4. Newcastle disease 5. Avian influenza 6. Avian pneumovirus 7. Mycoplasmosis 8. Avian pasteurellosis 9. Infectious coryza 10. Pulmonary aspergillosis

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