Ebola kills 90% of its victims
The Ebola virus is named for the Ebola River, where the first outbreaks occurred in 1976.
The deadly killer, EBOLA?
EBOLA is a killer disease that is transmitted through body secretions such as sweat, blood, saliva, mucous, breast secretion, tears, urine, and sexual transmission with an infected person.
Puts victim in lots of pain.
There is no cure and the cause is unknown.
It can reproduce in 8 hours and...
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Monday, July 28, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
POULTRY MEDICATION
Antibiotics
for now i am still a lay-man when it comes to poultry medication and have no qualifications in this field yet so this information should, naturally be taken as
a 'view' and part of your overall research into
what is best for your poultry.
A
ntibiotics are a fairly common treatment given
to poultry on prescription to treat a variety of
infections. Baytril or Tylan are often given to
chickens with respiratory problems for example
(and...
POULTRY SANITATION [cleaning and disinfecting]
Poultry-sanitation
After so many questions being asked on how our poultry can be sanitized [cleaned and disinfected] so I decided to be of help, the ravage of diseases has been a very big problem affecting poultry farms and these diseases are caused by some micro-organisms[bacteria, fungi, virus].
Not all micro-organisms are harmful, some are harmless[free-living], but the best way to eradicate diseases in your poultry is to treat all of them like...
Saturday, May 17, 2014
VIRAL DISEASES OF POULTRY
AVIAN POX
Avian pox is a relatively slow-spreading viral
disease in birds, characterized by wart-like
nodules on the skin and diphtheritic necrotic
membranes lining the mouth and upper
respiratory system. It has been present in birds
since the earliest history. Mortality is not usually
significant unless the respiratory involvement is
marked. The disease may occur in any age...
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.
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Friday, May 16, 2014
HOW TO PREVENT POULTRY BIRDS FROM DISEASES
THE ravages of disease add considerably
to the difficulties of raising poultry birds in
all parts of the world. It is the experience
of poultry rearers that an annual toll has to
be paid in the lives of young birds and older
stock. Sooner or later, in addition, an epi-
demic may break out and result in heavy
losses and much discouragement.
It is most important, therefore, to be able
to recognize the symptoms and to know the
causes of the many diseases...