Risk factors associated with early respiratory disease complex in broiler chickens

被引：8

作者：

Tablante, NL ^{[1
]}

Brunet, PY

Odor, EM

Salem, M

Harter-Dennis, JM

Hueston, WD

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, Virginia Maryland Reg Coll Vet Med, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[2] Maryland Dept Agr, Hlth Anim Lab, Salisbury, MD 21801 USA

[3] Univ Delaware, Lasher Lab, Georgetown, DE 19947 USA

[4] Univ Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853 USA

来源：

AVIAN DISEASES | 1999年 / 43卷 / 03期

关键词：

respiratory disease; risk factors; broiler chickens;

D O I：

10.2307/1592639

中图分类号：

S85 [动物医学（兽医学）];

学科分类号：

0906 ;

摘要：

Early respiratory disease complex (ERDC) is a term coined to describe an acute disease characterized by depression, respiratory distress, and increased mortality in 2-to-3-wk-old broiler chickens. Postmortem lesions include airsacculitis, fibrinous pericarditis. and perihepatitis. Colisepticemia is the primary cause of death. In order to investigate the association between ERDC and farm management factors. a retrospective case-control study was conducted by collecting data covering a 6-mo period (January-June 1997) from four broiler integrators on the Delmarva peninsula. Univariate and multivariate statistical analyses revealed that flock size was positively associated (P = 0.02) and layout time was negatively associated (P = 0.05) with ERDC.

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