SOMMAIRE : SECTION 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW 1. The poultry industry 2. How to carry out a field investigation 3. Laboratory investigation to support health programmes and disease diagnosis 4. Biosecurity in poultry management 5. Vaccines and vaccination 6. Medicines and medication 7. Legislation and poultry welfare SECTION 2 BACTERIAL DISEASES 8. Enterobacteriaceae 9. Avian infections caused by species of Pasteurellaceae, Ornithobacterium and Riemerella: an introduction 10. Fowl cholera 11. Infectious coryza and related diseases 12. Gallibacterium infections and other avian Pasteurellaceae 13. Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale 14. Riemerella infections 15. Avian bordetellosis (turkey coryza) 16. Campylobacter 17. Staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci 18. Clostridia 19. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae - erysipelas 20. Avian mycoplasmas 21. Avian chlamydophilosis (chlamydiosis/psittacosis/ornithosis) 22. Some other bacterial diseases SECTION 3 VIRAL DISEASES 23. Herpesviridae (Marek's disease virus, Infectious laryngotracheitis, Duck virus enteritis) 24. Retroviridae 25. Paramyxoviridae (Paramyxovirinae, Pneumovirinae) 26. Orthomyxoviridae - Avian influenza 27. Poxviridae 28. Coronaviridae 29. Picornaviridae 30. Birnarviridae 31. Adenoviridae 32. Reoviridae (Reoviruses, Rotaviruses) 33. Astroviridae 34. Circoviridae 35. Parvoviridae 36. Caliciviridae and hepeviruses 37. Arthropod-borne viruses SECTION 4 FUNGAL DISEASES 38. Fungal diseases SECTION 5 PARASITIC DISEASES 39. Parasitic diseases SECTION 6 DISEASES OF BODY SYSTEMS 40. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system SECTION 7 OTHER DISORDERS, POISONS AND TOXINS 41. Practical epidemiology of poultry disease and multi-factorial conditions 42. Nutritional disorders 43. Management as a cause of disease in poultry 44. Toxicants in poultry 45. Diseases of game birds Appendix: Some useful data