Table 5 The postmortem (PM) findings for non-commercial laying chickens submitted to Evira Helsinki during the years 2000 – 2011
From: Questionnaire study and postmortem findings in backyard chicken flocks in Finland
Year | No. of samples | No. of farms | PM finding (no.) | Endoparasites (no.) | Ectoparasites (no.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 2 | 2 | Colibacillosis (1)A | None | None |
Tumor (non-Marek) (1) | |||||
2001 | 6 | 4 | Cannibalism (2) | Ascaridia galli (1)B | Menacanthus stramineus (2)B |
Cachexia (1) | |||||
Colibacillosis (1) | |||||
Marek’s disease (1) | |||||
Trauma (1) | |||||
2002 | 7 | 5 | Colibacillosis (4) | Ascaridia galli (2) | None |
Coccidiosis (2) | Eimeria spp.(2) | ||||
Marek’s disease (1) | Heterakis gallinarum(3) | ||||
2003 | 9 | 7 | Colibacillosis (3) | Ascaridia galli (1) | Dermanyssus gallinae (2) |
Marek’s disease (3) | Capillaria spp. (1) | ||||
Anemia (1) | Eimeria spp. (2) | ||||
Tumor (non-marek)(1) | Heterakis gallinarum (1) | ||||
Visceral gout (1) | |||||
2004 | 20 | 13 | Marek’s disease (8) | Ascaridia galli (1) | Cnemidocoptes mutans (1) |
Colibacillosis (3) | Capillaria spp. (2) | Menacanthus stramineus (5) | |||
M. avium spp. infection (2) | Heterakis gallinarum (4) | ||||
Cannibalism (2) | |||||
Amyloidosis (1) | |||||
Aspergillosis (1) | |||||
Cachexia (1) | |||||
Sepsis (1) | |||||
No findings (1) | |||||
2005 | 4 | 4 | Marek’s disease (2) | Eimeria spp. (1) | Menacanthus stramineus (1) |
Cachexia (1) | |||||
Coccidiosis (1) | |||||
2006 | 4 | 4 | Marek’s disease (3) | Ascaridia galli (1) | Dermanyssus gallinae (2) |
Cachexia (1) | Capillaria spp. (1) | ||||
Eimeria spp. (1) | Menacanthus stramineus (2) | ||||
Heterakis gallinarum (2) | |||||
2007 | 22 | 17 | Colibacillosis (4) | Ascaridia galli (3) | Cnemidocoptes mutans (3) |
Marek’s disease (5) | Capillaria spp. (1) | Dermanyssus gallinae (1) | |||
Clostrium. perfringens enteritis (2) | Eimeria spp. (4) | Menacanthus stramineus (3) | |||
Heterakis gallinarum (6) | |||||
Coccidiosis (2) | |||||
No findings (3) | |||||
Aspiration pneumonia (1) | |||||
Cachexia (1) | |||||
Heart failure (1) | |||||
Sepsis (1) | |||||
Visceral gout (1) | |||||
Salpingoperitonitis (P. multocida) (1) | |||||
2008 | 10 | 5 | Cachexia (5) | Heterakis gallinarum (6) | Cnemidocoptes mutans (1) |
Colibasillosis (2) | |||||
Predator (2) | |||||
Listeriosis (1) | |||||
2009 | 13 | 11 | Marek’s disease (4) | Capillaria spp. (2) | Cnemidocoptes mutans (1) |
Colibacillosis (3) | Eimeria spp. (2) | Dermanyssus gallinae (1) | |||
Cachexia (2) | Heterakis gallinarum (3) . | ||||
Coccidiosis (1) | |||||
Dust pneumonia (1) | |||||
Heart failure (1) | |||||
Listeriosis (1) | |||||
2010 | 13 | 7 | Non-starter syndrome (4) | Ascaridia galli (3) | Dermanyssus gallinae (2) |
Marek’s disease (3) | Capillaria spp. (1) | Menacanthus stramineus (1) | |||
Coccidiosis (2) | Eimeria spp. (3) | ||||
Opaque cornea (2) | Heterakis gallinarum (1) | ||||
Colibacillosis (1) | |||||
Sepsis (1) | |||||
2011 | 22 | 18 | Marek’s disease (5) | Ascaridia galli (6) | Dermanyssus gallinae (1) |
Nails in gizzard (4) | Capillaria spp. (4) | ||||
Coccidiosis (2) | Eimeria spp. (5) | ||||
Heart failure (2) | Heterakis gallinarum (3) | ||||
Visceral gout (2) | |||||
Aspergillosis (1) | |||||
Cachexia (1) | |||||
Colibacillosis (1) | |||||
Dust pneumonia (1) | |||||
Hepatic lipidosis (1) | |||||
Listeriosis (1) | |||||
Muscular dystrophy (1) | |||||
In total | 132 |