A Case Report of Aflatoxicosis in a Country Chicken Unit with Retarded Egg Production
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2017
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A backyard country chicken unit with 200 numbers of 8 month old birds was
reported to have the production of poor quality eggs viz., small sized, yolkless and
watery albumin. Three of the birds were also showed continuous oozing of blood
in between digits. The supplementation with mineral mixture and multivitamins
yielded negative results. Three birds with the production of inferior quality eggs
and retarded growth were humanely slaughtered and carried out post mortem
examination. Post-Mortem examination showed enlarged, pale coloured liver, the
cut surface bulged out with sticky oily substance. Microscopically, the liver
showed vacuolar degeneration of hepatocytes, interlobular bile duct proliferation
and infiltration of mononuclear cells in the intercellular area. The Oviduct was
very pale and small. The mucosa of the magnal and shell gland portions was dry
and less folded. The ovary revealed atretic and haemorrhagic follicles.