Table 2: Important virus diseases in free-range poultry and the age group where the disease is most often observed

 

disease

age group

*marek’s disease

> 6 weeks

*leucoses

adults

newcastle disease

mainly growers and adults

fowl pox

all ages

infectious laryngotracheitis

growers, adults

*infectious bursal disease "gumboro"

< 8 weeks

*immunosuppressive disease