Clinicopathological Findings of Infectious Bursal Disease in Poultry Farm in Jigjiga, Somali State, Ethiopia: A Case Report

Abstract

Gumboro disease is a viral disease that affects. young chicks and causes immunosuppression   and increased susceptibility to subsequent infections. It is acute, highly contagious, and economically significant. The clinicopathological results of infectious bursal disease at a poultry farm in Qumadaha, Jigjiga, Ethiopia, are described in this case report. At first, 200 two-month-old chicks were kept on the farm under ideal management circumstances. Several of the hens showed clinical indications such depression, decreased intake of feed and water, vent picking, white watery diarrhoea, ruffled feathers, trembling, and unwillingness to walk. By the time the outbreak was detected, 17 chickens had perished in a single day. Muscular haemorrhages in the thighs and breast, cheesy lumps in the bursae lumen, and enlarged and oedematous bursae were all discovered during post-mortem investigations. Aminogrow WS (100g per 400 litres of drinking water for 3–5 days) was used to boost immunity, while enrofloxacin (Ashienro 10%) oral suspension (1 ml per litre of drinking water for 5 days in a row) was utilised to combat secondary bacterial infections in order to control the outbreak. Strict biosecurity procedures, such as separating sick birds, keeping enough ventilation, minimising overcrowding, and utilising all-in/all-out management, were also recommended to the owner