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Clinical Signs: 
Dyspnea, hock sitting position
Clinical description: 
This image was taken 3 days post experimental inoculation with highly pathogenic avian influenza. This bird is open-mouth breathing, a sign of dyspnea. Although respiratory signs are generally less pronounced in HPNAI versus LPNAI, signs will vary with the extent of tracheal involvement and mucous accumulation. Birds that survive 3-7 days, as seen here, may also exhibit nervous sings. This bird is unable to stand and is demonstrating an abnormal posture of standing on its hocks.
Record number: 
20798
Case number: 
5048
Age: 
16 weeks
Breed: 
White Leghorn SPF
Clinical form: 
Acute
Infection type: 
Experimental
History: 
The photograph was taken 3 days post inoculation. The bird was experimentally inoculated with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus on 3/2/08 at Plum Island Animal Disease Center. The inoculation was performed in the caudal thoracic air sac with strain A/CK/PA/469/3-84/H5N2, using 0.25ml.
Housing/mgmnt type: 
Select One
Priority: 
1
Rights: 
© Cornell University
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