Infectious Bursal Disease

An acute, highly contagious viral disease of young chickens characterized by profuse whitish diarrhea, depression, ruffled feathers, dehydration, and lesions of the bursa of Fabricius leading to immunosuppression due to destruction of B-lymphocytes.

Clinical Signs

General Systemic Signs

Depression Dehydration Incoordination Splenomegaly Hepatomegaly Swollen Kidneys Specific Whitish Diarrhea Specific Watery Diarrhea Pale Kidneys Specific Soiled Vent Vent Picking Cloacal Inflammation Dehydrated Carcass Petechial Hemorrhages In Thigh Muscles Specific Petechial Hemorrhages In Proventricular Mucosa Specific Friable Liver Yellow Streaks In Liver Urate Deposition In Kidneys Specific Enlarged Bursa Of Fabricius Pathognomonic Inflamed Bursa Of Fabricius Pathognomonic Edematous Bursa Of Fabricius Pathognomonic Gelatinous Transudate Around Bursa Pathognomonic Cream Discoloration Of Bursa Specific Hemorrhagic Bursa Pathognomonic Gray Discoloration Of Bursa Specific Bursa Atrophy Pathognomonic Serosal Hemorrhages Specific Caseous Core In Bursa Pathognomonic

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Host Species

Chicken Primary host Susceptibility: high

Associated Microorganisms

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