Poultry disease

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Poultry diseases occur in poultry, which are domesticated birds kept for their meat, eggs or feathers.[1] Poultry species include the chicken, turkey, duck, goose and ostrich.[1]

Viral diseases

Side view of a yellow chick leaning forward, with its eye closed, beak wide open, and feathers in a disheveled state.
8 day old chick with difficulty breathing, due to an Avian influenza infection.

Parasitic diseases

Infestation of Echidnophaga gillinacea fleas on the comb and around the eye of a chicken

Bacterial diseases

Protozoal diseases

Fungal diseases

References

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