BIRD FLU

• Bird Flu


  Other Term: Avian Influenza
• Description


  It is an infectious disease of birds ranging from mild to severe form of illness
• Source of Infection


  • Viruses that normally infect only birds and less commonly pigs
• Incubation Period


  3 to 5 days
• Clinical Manifestations


  • Fever
  • Body weakness / muscle pain
  • Cough
  • Sore throat
  • May have difficulty of breathing in severe cases
  • Sore eyes
• Susceptibility, Resistance & Occurrence

  • All birds are susceptible to infection but domestic poultry flocks are especially vulnerable to infection that can rapidly reach epidemic proportion
• Control Measures


  1. Rapid destruction

  2. Proper disposal of carcasses

  3. Quarantining

  4. Rigorous disinfection of farms

  5. Restrictions on the movement of live poultry
• Nursing Care


  Isolation precaution<|>Infected Control<|>Early recognition of cases of highly pathogenic Avian Influenza during outbreak among poultry