Quick guide to making a disease diagnosis

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1. Anamnesis / info 4. Differential 7. Narrow the

Once you are confronted with a diagnosis differential
health issue, first step is to Make a list with diagnosis
Dis e a se Di s e a se
collect as much information as
1 . 1 .
possible causes of the s e Use the laboratory
se
possible. This can be with
s e a s e a
findings. 2. D i 2. D i
employees in an answer- a se results to narrow your as e
differential diagnosis.
is e i s e
question model, or with data.
3. D 3. D
Consult your lab in case
e e
Compare the performance is e as i se a s
4. D further confirmatory
4. D
with the previous cycles.
tests are needed.

2. Inspection
Take the necessary bio-security
8. Evaluate
measures, visit the 5. Laboratory treatment plan
farm/house(s) and pick up sick investigations Evaluate the
and normal birds and preliminary plan
Collect laboratory
check for abnormalities during and after the
samples based on your
both in behavior and in course of the disease.
differential diagnosis list
physical condition. Evaluate the performance
to exclude or confirm a
Note that birds get very and if needed, apply
finding.
excited quickly. responsive change in
Use your senses: hear, see, smell, management practices,
taste and feel. vaccination schedules,
treatments, etc.

6. Preliminary
treatment plan 9. Final diagnosis
Make a preliminary Now we have a final
treatment plan with the diagnosis, apply
management team with responsive changes in
3. Post mortem the objective to limit the management practices,
disease spreading among vaccination schedules,
Select a minimum of 5 affected
other houses or farms. treatments, nutritional
birds and 5 dead birds for post
Apply responsive adaptions etc.
mortem. Apply the correct
management actions, and
euthanasia method.
place any possible
treatments etc. Ensure
bio-security awareness
across all departments.

October 2017