brooder pneumonia

Thân thiện

A veterinarian examines a young chicken for signs of brooder pneumonia.

Definition

Noun: - A severe respiratory disease in poultry: Brooder pneumonia is a specific, acute, and often fatal fungal infection affecting the lungs and air sacs of young birds, particularly chickens and turkeys. It is caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.

Usage

• The term is used specifically in veterinary medicine and poultry farming to diagnose and describe this condition.
• It is a compound noun where "brooder" refers to young poultry kept in a brooder (a heated enclosure) and "pneumonia" indicates the lung infection.

Examples

• The veterinarian diagnosed the sudden deaths in the hatchlings as brooder pneumonia.
• Brooder pneumonia can cause significant economic losses for poultry farmers.
• Preventing mold in the litter is crucial to avoid outbreaks of brooder pneumonia.

Advanced Usage

• The condition is also known more technically as aspergillosis in poultry. While "aspergillosis" is a broader term for the disease in many species, "brooder pneumonia" specifies its acute, fatal form in young birds.

Variants and Related Words

• Aspergillosis (n): The general name for the infection caused by fungi.
• Mycotic pneumonia (n): A technical term for pneumonia caused by a fungus.

Synonyms

• Avian aspergillosis
• Mycotic pneumonia (in the context of poultry)

Học thuật

Noun

1. severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys

Từ đồng nghĩa

• aspergillosis