Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner-334001 (Rajasthan)
Online published on 19 December, 2013.
Occurrence of dermatitis in poultry were studied in 1386 poultry of different age, sex and breeds, out of those 304 samples were positive for dermatitis. This investigation revealed that the overall occurrence of dermatitis was 21.93 per cent in Rajasthan state. Various forms of dermatitis were observed viz. perivascular dermatitis (9.87 per cent), interface dermatitis (7.57 per cent), vasculitis (4.61 per cent), nodular dermatitis (3.62 per cent), diffuse dermatitis (12.17 per cent), intraepidermal vesicular and pustular dermatitis (8.22 per cent), subepidermal vesicular and pustular dermatitis (6.91 per cent), panniculitis (8.88 per cent), perifolliculitis, folliculitis and furunculosis (10.53 per cent), ulcerative dermatitis (14.47 per cent), interstial dermatitis (4.93 per cent), fibrosing dermatitis (5.92 per cent), atrophic dermatitis (2.30 per cent).
