Course description

Poultry related topics always have a special place among the veterinary subjects. The different anatomy, physiology and diseases of the birds explain the separate discussion of avian pathology.
The environmental conditions also differ as poultry (birds which are raised as a sourse of meat or eggs for human consumption) are kept in large scale farms where spreading of infectious diseases or animal hygiene problems caused by malmanagement or malnutrition are frequently seen.

During the semester the most important pathological lesions and related diseases are summarized in 50 topics starting from the low vitality chickens through lesions in the differerent organ systems till the special virus induced tumors of birds.

Besides the lecture notes several webpages can be used to study Poultry Pathology:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/Diseases_Of_Poultry

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/poultry.html

Course leader: Dr. Míra Mándoki

In case of questions regarding to the subject, please write to [Click to see email].