2017 STATE FFA POULTRY EVALUATION CDE

Factors that can lead to a disease by interfering in the normal processes in poultry are termed:

• disease

• agents

• injuries

• stressors

Poults require supplemental heat, so these devices are used to keep poults close to the hover for heat, food, and water for the first 5 to 7 days of age or longer in colder weather.

• litter

• fans

• feed pans

• brooder rings

In this type of infection, the infected bird outwardly appears to be sick.

• Manifest

• Inapparent

• Vector

• Zoonotic

Bacteria, parasites, viruses, or fungi are harmful microorganisms that are infectious and can cause disease and are referred to as group are:

• vectors

• hosts

• pathogens

• infections

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This segment of the turkey industry utilizes the latest techniques for producing and servicing poults by hatching fertile eggs, trimming beaks, vaccinating, removing toenails, desnooding and preparing them for shipment to the producers.

• hatchery

• brooding

• grow out houses

• breeder

An organism that lives on or in a host organism and acquires its food from or at the expense of its host is known as a:

• parasite

• protozoa

• virus

• mycoplasma

An animal that harbors a specific infectious agent without visible symptoms of the disease is known as a:

• parasite

• pathogen

• carrier

• host

One of the most common vehicles for transmitting diseases in poultry is?

• visitors

• feeders & drinkers

• wild birds

• insects

A system of precautions taken to minimize the risk of introducing an infectious disease into an animal population is generally to as:

• transmissions

• euthanasia

• vaccinations

• biosecurity

This disease in chickens caused by a herpes virus. Clinical signs include grey eye, enlarged feather follicles, limb or neck paralysis, and the formation of visceral tumors.

• Newcastle disease

• Marek's disease

• Infectious Bronchitis

• Fowl Pox