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<FlashCard questions="7">
|q1= What two bird species can Derzsy’s disease affect?
|a1= Geese and Muscovy ducks
|l1= Derzsy's Disease#Introduction
|q2= What type of virus is responsible?
|a2= Parvovirus
|l2= Derzsy's Disease#Introduction
|q3= What age of bird is usually clinically affected?
|a3= Goslings and ducklings under 10 days old
|l3= Derzsy's Disease#Signalment 
|q4= What rate of mortality is often seen in this age group?
|a4= 100%
|l4= Derzsy's Disease#Clinical Signs
|q5=What clinical signs develop in subacute and chronic disease?
|a5=
*Anorexia
*Polydipsia
*Nasal and Ocular discharge 
*Headshaking
*Swollen eyelids and uropygial gland
*Profuse white diarrhoea
*Oral pseudomembrane
|l5= Derzsy's Disease#Clinical Signs
|q6= Which organ most often shows pathology in acute disease cases and how?
|a6= The heart
*The myocardium is pale
*The heart is rounded at the apex
*Histopathologically, the myocardial cells have lost their striation, are infiltrated by fat cells and have Intranuclear inclusion bodies.
|l6= Derzsy's Disease#Diagnosis
|q7= Several vaccines are available. When should the inactivated one be used?
|a7= Only in flocks that have never had Derzsy’s Disease.
|l7= Derzsy's Disease#Control
</FlashCard>
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