DISEASES IN POULTRY AND THEIR TREATMENT

Thanks for stopping by, in my previous posts I talked about preventing these diseases but as humans we can't be perfect, even with the modern antibiotics and the premixed medicated poultry rations the fowls still get sick. Some certain measures can be used to treat these diseases, but before we can treat them we have to first identity by the symptoms that the fowl shows. Among the actual diseases that infect domestic fowls, DIARRHEA is the most common. The SYMPTOMS are white or greenish loose droppings and they are mostly caused by cold, dampness, dirty surroundings and unclean food. We can treat it by Isolating the patient in warm, dry quarters and give her potassium permanganate solution to drink. Another disease is the FOWL CHOLERA, it is an infectious disease which is very chronic, it is a bacterial disease caused by a bacterium called PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA, most times its first detected by a sudden and unexpected death, other symptoms are anorexia, ruffled feathers, oral and nasal mucus discharge, coughing, loss of appetite, cyanosis and white or greenish watery mucoid diarrhoea. Many antibiotics and sulfonamides could lower death rate, but at discontinuation of the treatment, the disease could recur. Sulfonamides are appropriate for treatment, but they inhibit egg-laying. Another disease is TUBERCULOSIS also known as avian tuberculosis its an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM. Avian tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions in viscera, a progressive weight loss and death. It is usually encountered sporadically in birds reared in small yards, zoos and is a problem among caged, tubercles (gross and histological appearance) exotic birds. The diagnosis is based upon the complex evaluation of history, persisting lethality in adult flocks and the pathoanatomical findings. a (Hjarre's disease), pullorum disease etc. The treatment is not advised, as the disease is contagious for man. COCCIDIOSIS is another disease, also caused by an unhealthy environment, symptoms of coccidiosis in chickens include droopiness and listlessness, loss of appetite, loss of yellow color in shanks, pale combs and wattles, ruffled, unthrifty feathers, huddling or acting chilled, blood or mucus in the feces, diarrhea, dehydration, and even death. Other signs include poor feed digestion, poor weight gain and poor feed efficiency. When one chicken is diagnosed with cocci, the entire flock must be treated. Treat your flock with liquid amprolium (brand name Corid) by adding it in their water for 4 days. AFTER the treatment for cocci is completed, particularly when using amprolium, a vitamin supplement should be given to replace the Vitamin B1 lost during treatment.