Effects of yolk sac infection in chicken

Muhammad Farooq Rai; Shakil Akhtar Khan; Asim Aslam; Khalid Saeed

doi:10.3184/147020605783438804

Effects of yolk sac infection in chicken

Muhammad Farooq Rai
, Shakil Akhtar Khan
, Asim Aslam
, Khalid Saeed

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Abstract

The most prevalent and the commonest cause of early chick mortality in Pakistan (and around the world) is yolk sac infection. Various effects of yolk sac infection on health status of chicken are discussed in this review. Yolk sac infection affects weight and contents of yolk sac, body weight and immune status of the chicks. This anomaly results not only in increased yolk sac weight with marked pathological changes in yolk but also in reduced weight gain and lowered immune response in chicks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-93
Number of pages	7
Journal	Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3184/147020605783438804
State	Published - 2005

Keywords

Body weight
Chicken
Immunity
Yolk sac infection

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