Lymphoid leucosis
Lymphoid leucosis is a disease that affects chickens, caused by the retrovirus Avian leukosis virus.
A healthy chicken
It is a neoplastic disease caused by a virus, which may take the form of a tumor of the bursa of Fabricius and may metastasize to other tissues of the chicken and cause enlargement and swelling of the abdomen.
Symptoms
Symptoms include enlargement of abdomen, bursa, weight loss, weakness and emaciation, and depression. The disease is more likely to affect chicken around five to eight months of age who are more vulnerable. Green diarrhea tends to develops at the terminal stage.[1]
gollark: If you want universal time you have to base it on something.
gollark: Just use TAI seconds or something if you want a universal-ish time measurement.
gollark: <@330678593904443393> That's probably impossible unless you know your speed relative to Earth all the time somehow.
gollark: Without defined time zones fall back to basing it on the Sun's position (or extrapolated one).
gollark: On the moon.
References
- "The Poultry Guide - Avian Lymphoid Leukosis". Archived from the original on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.