*Graphic* Quail Necropsy - possible Egg Yolk Peritonitis

[orloffer]

It's infection no doubt.

I would guess something like this:
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Do birds with this condition continue to lay, typically?

 

[Kiki]

I believe you would smell infection and it did not look runny, FWIW I agree with others that it may be tissue colour change due to nutrition feed type and balance.

No, this is not tissue color change.

 

[Kiki]

Do birds with this condition continue to lay, typically?

They can yes. Do you see those nice and big round balls?
Hold.
Let me go back and get a screenshot of what I'm talking about.

 

[ElizaMay]

It's infection no doubt.

I would guess something like this:
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That is some pile of pasty pus.
The quail necropsied this evening had organs that looked healthy to my eye, with the yellow localized membraney-thing being the main yellow in the photos (other than maturing unlaid egg/ovum).

 

[Kiki]

Not good.
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What exactly do you feed your birds?

There is zero doubt the above yellow crap is indeed infection.

Below are yolks.



This looks like possible infection too:

 

[orloffer]

That is some pile of pasty pus.
The quail necropsied this evening had organs that looked healthy to my eye, with the yellow localized membraney-thing being the main yellow in the photos (other than maturing unlaid egg/ovum).

Before I threw everything away and cleaned up, I found one of the yellow "shells" that was further along its way to becoming an egg, and indeed it looked just like the rotting, soft-shelled eggs I used to often find. Brownish that was darker at one end and mixed with black speckles. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of that or of the eggs she used to lay.

 

[orloffer]

There is zero doubt the above yellow crap is indeed infection.

Below are yolks.
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This looks like possible infection too:
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Ah yes, I believe that was the scrunched-up eggshell that I mentioned in the above post.

 

[Kiki]

Before I threw everything away and cleaned up, I found one of the yellow "shells" that was further along its way to becoming an egg, and indeed it looked just like the rotting, soft-shelled eggs I used to often find. Brownish that was darker at one end and mixed with black speckles. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of that or of the eggs she used to lay.

This bird was very sick. She is much better off dead.

 

[orloffer]

This bird was very sick. She is much better off dead.

Now that I have learned this, I very much agree. She must have been suffering for quite awhile -- the soft-shelled rotting eggs had been an occurrence for a long time. This is not feed-related, is it?

 

[ElizaMay]

This should be a link to a pdf of a chicken necropsy, for reference:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAKegQIIRAC&usg=AOvVaw1XVP0RSgVPx9DzQeB3bgss