Infectious Etiologicals Causing Mortality in Emu birds Chowdary C.H. Sudha Rani1,*, Kumar C.S.V. Satish, Lakshmi J. Jaya, Devi M. Anitha Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Animal Husbandry, Vijayawada, Dist. Krishna-520010, Andhra Pradesh 1Assistant Professor, Department of TVCC, NTR College of Veterinary Science, SVVU, Gannavaram *Corresponding author. E-mail: drsudha84@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract The mortality pattern in Emu birds due to infectious diseases was analysed based on the post mortems undertaken. The infectious causes of mortality were Aspergillosis (30.8%), unabsorbed yolk sac/Omphalitis (30.1%), Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD, 28.1%), Aflatoxicosis (10.3%) and necrotic enteritis (0.7%). Top Keywords Disease, emu, infectious, microbilogy, mortality. Top |