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Avian Candidiasis: A Review
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ZAID IBRAHIM, BALQEES HASSAN ALI, RAFID KHALID ALI, AHMED SAMI JARAD, WALEED HAMID FARHAN, MUSTAFA SALAH HASAN
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Candidiasis is a fungal disease that is caused by members of the genus candida, mainly C. albicans. These are polymorphic fungi forming budding yeast, hyphae or pseudophyphae depending on the growth environment. They are normal inhabitant in the host and cause disease in animals and human beings when there are immune suppression or debilitating diseases. In poultry, they cause infections in the upper digestive system or in the skin mainly in the comb. Crop mycosis is the most common type of candida-related infections in poultry. It occurs after long-term use of antimicrobial therapy which leads to disruption of the normal bacterial flora giving the mycelial yeasts a chance to penetrate the mucosa and cause a clinical disease. Clinically, crop candidiasis is characterized by low morbidity and mortality and nonspecific signs of depression and stunted growth. On gross examination, lesions are crud-like pseudo membrane that are whitish to yellowish in color and easy to remove revealing an eroded mucosal epithelium. Infections can be prevented by good sanitary conditions. Clinical candidiasis can be treated by 0.05% copper sulphate in the drinking water for seven days.
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Candidiasis, Thrush, Poultry, Crop Mycosis, Fungal Infection.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.01.199
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