AUSTRALIAN POULTRY CRC - Poultry Hub

TablesTABLE 1: DISTRIBUTION OF NATIONWIDE FREE RANGE MORTALITY SURVEY. ........................................................... 8TABLE 2: WILD BIRDS REGULARLY VISITING FREE RANGE FARMS IN AUSTRALIA. .................................................. 11TABLE 3: PREDOMINANT BREED/STRAIN OF BIRD USED IN THE FREE RANGE FARMS SURVEYED. ............................ 12TABLE 4: AGE PULLETS START RANGING. ............................................................................................................... 12TABLE 5: MEASURES TAKEN IN BETWEEN FLOCKS OF HENS IN A PARTICULAR SHED............................................... 13TABLE 6: VACCINATIONS RECEIVED BY FREE RANGE FLOCKS. ............................................................................... 13TABLE 7: CAUSES OF MORTALITY AND RANK OF IMPORTANCE WITH 1, MOST OFTEN THE CAUSE OF MORTALITY, TO10 LEAST OFTEN THE CAUSE OF MORTALITY. ................................................................................................ 14TABLE 8: PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE (+), SUSPECT (S) AND NEGATIVE (-) EDS, IBV AND NDV TITRES FROM BLOODSAMPLES TAKEN AT THE START AND END OF THE SURVEY PERIOD (NS – NO SAMPLE). .................................. 17TABLE 9: INDIVIDUAL EDS, IBV AND NDV TITRES FROM BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN AT THE START AND END OF THESURVEY PERIOD (NS – NO SAMPLE). ............................................................................................................... 18TABLE 10: WORM (EGG COUNTS/G) AND COCCIDIA BURDEN (OOCYSTS/G) OF FAECAL SAMPLES TAKEN AT THESTART AND END OF THE SURVEY PERIOD (NS – NO SAMPLE). ......................................................................... 20TABLE 11: PATHOLOGY FINDINGS FOR ALL FARMS AS DETERMINED BY NECROPSY ................................................ 22TABLE 12: PATHOLOGY FINDINGS AS A PERCENTAGE PER INDIVIDUAL FARM AS DETERMINED BY NECROPSY ....... 22vii