1Internship Student, BVSc. & A.H., College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
2MVSc. Scholar, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
3Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
4Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
5Assistant Director (Instructional Poultry Farm) & Associate Professor, Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
6Head & Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
*Corresponding author email id: rinkals3k@gmail.com
Online Published on 26 May, 2023.
Present study was conducted to assess the mortality pattern in an organized poultry farm from 2010 to 2019 on the basis of diagnosis of different pathological conditions. Diagnosis was based on the necropsy findings and confirmation was done by isolation of the pathogens from the samples (heart blood) collected during necropsy of 10 birds. The results indicated that the major causes of mortality were E. coli and Salmonella species while other causes include heat stroke, endo-parasites, Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD) and coccidiosis.
Poultry, Mortality, Diagnosis, E. coli, Salmonella
