Poultry can be affected by many types of disease and a wide variety of pests (and behavioural problems), including:
· Avian Intestinal Spirochaetosis
· Cannibalism (or aggressive pecking)
· Chicken anaemia virus infection (or CAV)
· Fowl cholera (or pasteurellosis)
· Fowl pox
· Infectious bursal disease (or Gumboro)
· Infectious laryngotracheitis
· Marek’s disease virus or MDV
· Parasitic worms (or Helminths)
· Rickets and cage layer fatigue