Physiological evaluation of diuresis in commercial broiler breeders.
A physiological investigation on an outbreak of diuresis syndrome in commercial broiler breeder hens was carried out. Daily water consumption increased 4-fold and daily manure wet weight increased two-fold in affected hens. 2. The syndrome did not have a genetic basis. It was associated with kidney dysfunction which, once acquired, was not alleviated by changing the diet, the drinking water, or the environment. Diuresis ceased when water intake was restricted and returned when water was again made freely available. 3. The syndrome was not caused by nephrogenic diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus. Key changes in kidney function associated with diuresis included: increased urine flow, decreased urine osmolality, reduced glomerular filtration rates, increased fraction of the glomerular filtration rate excreted as urine and decreased urinary hydrogen ion concentrations. 4. Preliminary histopathological findings and the physiological patterns of kidney dysfunction indicated that the diuresis syndrome was associated with permanent kidney damage, probably caused by the Arkansas strain of infectious bronchitis virus.
Department of Poultry Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
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Wideman
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Satnick
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004231:Diuresis; D004326:Drinking; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006400:Hematocrit; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome / Q000662:veterinary; D014556:Urine / Q000032:analysis