(a) Common poultry diseases are as follows:

• Ranikhet disease, fowl pox, Morck’s disease, Bird flu and Hepatitis are viral diseases of poultry.
• Fowl cholera, Salmonallosis, coryza and fowl typhoid are bacterial diseases of poultry.
• Aspergillosis is Fungal disease.

Bird flu is avian influenza which may also attack human beings. It is caused by H5N1 strain of influenza virus. In 1918,, it took the epidemic form and killed millions of people. The disease appeared in 2007 in Maharashtra and in 2008 in Beagal. Bar - headed geese (a migratory bird) is the resevoir of birdflue. Since bird flu undergoes repeated mutation, no safer vaccine or medicine is available. The pathogen of bird flue is airborne. The infected birds are killed and buried under the soil. Raw meat and eggs may contain virus but when cooked they are free from the virus.
Isolation of Sick Birds: In case infection spreads, the sick birds should be isolated and killed.

(b) Bee diseases:

• Nosema disease: It is a protozoan disease caused by Nosema apis.
• Septicema: It is a bacterial disease caused by Bacillus apisepticus.
• Acorine disease: It is caused by a parasite mite Acarapis.
• Fungal disease: It is caused by Aspergillus sp.