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Pathogen characteristics of infectious serositis in ducks

Published: 2024-11-24 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/24, Duck infectious serositis, also known as Riemerella anatipestifer, formerly known as Pasteurella anatipestifer, can be infected by ducks of all breeds, genders and dates, mainly affecting ducklings aged 2 to 3 weeks, with an incidence of more than 90% and a mortality rate of 5% to 75%. The disease is often mixed with duck colibacillosis or complicated with infection. It is characterized by fibrinous pericarditis, pericarditis, pneumocystitis, peritonitis and so on. 1. Riemerella anatipestifer, the pathogen of the disease, is a gram-negative bacilli with no spores and no movement.

Duck infectious serositis, also known as Riemerella anatipestifer, formerly known as Pasteurella anatipestifer, can be infected by ducks of all breeds, genders and dates, mainly affecting ducklings aged 2 to 3 weeks, with an incidence of more than 90% and a mortality rate of 5% to 75%. The disease is often mixed with duck colibacillosis or complicated with infection. It is characterized by fibrinous pericarditis, pericarditis, pneumocystitis, peritonitis and so on.

1. Pathogen

Riemerella anatipestifer, the pathogen of the disease, is a gram-negative microbacilli with no spores and no movement, and most of the bacteria are strongly stained at the poles. The serotype of this bacteria is complex. There are 21 serotypes reported internationally, and there is no cross-protective reaction between them, which makes it difficult to prevent and control the disease. Riemerella anatipestifer could not grow on common Agar and McConkey medium, and the colony grown on blood Agar plate medium was dewdrop-like and inhemolytic.

two。 Epidemiology

The disease has no obvious seasonality and can occur all the year round, and it occurs more frequently in spring and winter. Mainly through the respiratory tract or skin wound infection. The excessive density of ducks in the nursery, poor air circulation, wet ground, poor sanitary conditions, extensive feeding and management, low level of protein in feed, lack of vitamins and trace elements, etc., are the causes of the occurrence and epidemic of the disease. The air polluted by bacteria is an important route of transmission. The problem of transmission by breeding eggs is still uncertain.

The disease often presents an acute outbreak, sudden onset and rapid spread. at present, the disease accounts for about 35% to 45% of the three major bacterial diseases of ducklings (colibacillosis, salmonellosis, and Riemerella anatipestifer), and is prone to other diseases, leading to serious consequences.

 
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