Farm Animal Disease Control: Virus Disease Cont'd
Agricultural Science JSS 2 Second Term
WEEK 7
Farm Animal Disease Control: Virus Disease Cont'd
Performance Objectives
Student should be able to
1. State two preventive and control measures
Content
1. Newcastle disease (NCD): This is a very common disease among poultry birds in Nigeria. It attacks all categories of poultry birds i.e the young and the old are all susceptible.
Causal organism: Virus
Symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, nasal discharge, difficult breathing, lack of appetite, watery greenish diarrhoea, paralysis of the legs or wings and laying of soft-shelled eggs.
Mode of transmission: Contact with.... View More
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