Which viral disease in poultry birds causes high mortality, breathing difficulty, nervous tremors, and greenish diarrhea?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Newcastle disease
- Step 1: Newcastle disease is an acute, highly contagious avian paramyxovirus infection of domestic poultry. Step 2. It presents with respiratory distress, twisted neck (torticollis), diarrhea, and catastrophic mortality in unvaccinated flocks. Answer: Newcastle disease. Why not the others: Fowl pox produces skin warts and lesions; coccidiosis is a protozoan intestinal disease; Gumboro attacks the bursa of Fabricius.
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