In poultry, enlargement of the wattles, lameness & torticollis occurs in?

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QUESTION

In poultry, enlargement of the wattles, lameness & torticollis occurs in?

OPTIONS

(A) New Castle disease
(B) Pasteurellosis
(C) Infectious laryngotracheitis
(D) Infectious bursal disease

ANSWER

(B) Pasteurellosis

EXPLANATION

Chronic or localized pasteurellosis, especially fowl cholera, can produce swollen wattles, arthritis causing lameness, and neurologic signs such as torticollis in poultry. Newcastle disease can cause torticollis but does not characteristically produce the combination of swollen wattles and arthritis.

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