| Summary Information |
| Diseases / List of Miscellaneous /
Metabolic / Multifactorial Diseases / Disease summary |
| Alternative Names |
Oviduct
Infection, Oviduct Inflammation See also: Colibacillosis, Anatipestifer Infection, Mycoplasma Infection, Salmonellosis, Avian Cholera. |
| Disease Agents |
A
wide variety of bacteria may be involved; Escherichia coli, Riemerella anatipestifer and
Pasteurella multocida were found most frequently in a survey of salpingitis found at
slaughter in domestic ducks and geese. (J6.24.w1, B12.36.w3). |
| Infectious
Agent(s) |
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| Non-infectious
Agent(s) |
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| Physical
Agent(s) |
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| General Description |
- Inflammation of the oviduct, usually associated with infection, sometimes
with associated peritonitis.
- May be subclinical, produce signs such as mild depression, infertility or
abnormally shaped/coloured eggs, or in severe cases abdominal distention, anorexia and
cachexia.
- May be seen in juveniles (e.g. ducks less than seven weeks old) as well
as adults.
(J6.24.w1, B12.36.w3). |
| Further Information |
- May be seen due to ascending bacterial infection, or associated with
airsacculitis, pneumonia, liver infection or generalized infection. Also seen associated
with mechanical injury related to Egg Binding
(B12.36.w3).
- May be found only at post mortem examination.
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| Techniques linked to this disease |
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| Host taxa groups /species |
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| Disease has been reported in either the wild or
in captivity in the following WATERFOWL Species: |
[N.B. Miscellaneous
/ Traumatic Diseases tend to be under-reported and the majority are likely to affect all
waterfowl species, given exposure to the related disease agents/factors.]
- Domestic ducks and domestic geese (J6.24.w1).
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| Domestic ducks and domestic
geese |
| Disease has been reported in free-ranging
populations of the following WATERFOWL Species: |
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