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Clinical Signs:
conjunctivits, infraborbital sinusitis
Morphologic diagnosis:
Eye, infraorbital sinus, and nasal cavity: Severe acute catarrhal and suppurative conjunctivitis, sinusitis, and cellulitis
Clinical description:
The severity of Infectious Coryza (Avibacterium paragallinarum) depends on age, breed, environmental stress, and the presence of concurrent infection. In young adult chickens, the severe form of the disease often occurs. Here, the characteristic signs of facial swelling, eyelids that are swollen closed, and nasal discharge can be seen.
Pathologic description:
The head area, ocular tissue, and wattles are significantly swollen and there is a thick brown discharge from the eye and nares.
Record number:
7725
Case number:
Unknown
Breed:
White Leghorn
Clinical form:
Unknown
Infection type:
Unknown
Housing/mgmnt type:
Select One
Priority:
1
Rights:
© Cornell University
Image source URL:
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/vet_avian/images/CORYZA-Adjusted/CORYZA-001A.jpg
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