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Poultry Diseases 3rd edition

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BOOK REVIEW
VREVUEDE LIVRE

Jordan FTW, ed., Poultry Diseases 3rd edition. with enteritis and infectious stunting in poults and
Philadelphia. Balliere Tindall (W.B. Saunders Company, chicks are covered under Reoviridae and Astroviruses,
Toronto), 1990. 497 pp. $49.95 but "stunting syndrome" in chickens is in Miscella-
neous Conditions (Chapter 38). Chapters on chicken
A s stated by the Editor, the 3rd edition of Poultry anemia agent and (pneumoviral) rhinotracheitis of
Diseases is designed for veterinary students and turkeys are included.
graduate veterinarians studying avian medicine or Chapters 31 and 32 discuss fungal and parasitic
working with the poultry industry. It would also be diseases.
a useful reference for practitioners serving backyard, Chapters 33 to 38 cover the musculoskeletal, urinary
small farm flock, or fancy-fowl clients. and cardiovascular systems, as well as nutritional and
The text provides a concise description of the impor- toxic problems and miscellaneous conditions. Many
tant poultry disease problems, although, as with many obscure lesions of doubtful clinical significance are
multiple author texts, a few of the experts have described in the musculoskeletal chapter. The artificial
included details of interest only to specialists making division into axial and appendicular skeleton adds to
some parts unnecessarily complicated. The book has the confusion. The description of renal disease is excel-
a distinctly British flavor since all but four of the lent, but it is not clear why the author dismisses the
28 authors are from the UK. possibility of primary urate nephrosis from water
Most diseases are described by cause, epidemiology, deprivation as a cause of renal failure. Uric acid is
diagnosis and control. The first chapter describes the extremely cytotoxic and high levels in the kidney cause
European poultry industry with emphasis on the situa- tubular degeneration followed by hyperuricemia and
tion in the UK. Chapters 2-13 cover bacterial diseases visceral urate deposition. Sodium toxicity can occur
and infections, including avian mycoplasma and without significant renal pathology.
chlamydia. The chapter on the Enterobacteriaceae is Descriptions of sudden death in 6-16 week old male
much the longest, but only the section on S. arizona turkeys, flip-over (sudden death syndrome) in broiler
is excessive. Colibacillosis, the most serious bacterial chickens, and ascites caused by right heart failure from
infection in the industry in Canada, is the only area pulmonary hypertension can be found in the chapter
that is inadequate. Except for Pasteurella infection in on cardiovascular disease.
turkeys and staphylococcal osteomyelitis, other bac- The final seven chapters cover a variety of topics
terial infections are up-to-date and very well described. in epidemiology and disease prevention. They include
Chapters 14-20 cover viral diseases. The four hygiene and disinfection, vaccines and vaccination,
chapters on the virus-induced lymphoproliferative medication and welfare. The chapter on how to carry
diseases are very good. Hemorrhagic enteritis in out a field investigation is very good. The last chapter
turkeys is described in the chapter on Adenoviruses is an appendix of psychologic, production and other
but is indexed only under "turkey hemorrhagic data.
enteritis". The suggestion that the adenovirus of inclu- This is an up-to-date, well organized, easy to read
sion body hepatitis causes infectious anemia is wrong. poultry disease text. It includes many of the emerging
This anemia is likely caused by the chicken anemia problems in the poultry industry.
agent. The chapter on infectious bursal disease does
not discuss the most significant problem of infection Reviewed by Richard J. Julian, D VM, Department of
in baby chicks causing bursal destruction without caus- Pathology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of
ing clinical disease. The viruses that may be associated Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
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