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Gout
Caused by : Astro virus & increased uric acide production or decreased excretion of uric
acid & leading to deposition of urate crystals in renal tubules, viscera & joints
Age of infection : 1 to 3 weeks
Symptoms : Dehydration, Vit.A deficiency, water starvation
PM lesions :
White chalky coating on kidney, heart, proventriculus & lungs.
White urate deposition on joints.
Urate deposition on heart urate deposition on viseral organ
urate deposition on joints
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