How to Prevent and Treat the 5 Most Common Chicken Diseases

Posted by maria on December 21st, 2020

Prevention - The most common action to Prevent chicken diseases are to carry out duty like to give vaccination for chicken from time to time as well as to keep antibiotics poultry with proper medication for broilers. Companies which own poultry farms should always take care of hygiene level and maintain a proper tie-up with poultry medicine companies. Hygienic living conditions for poultry is a must to avoid diseases. These are a few solutions and treatments for keeping diseases away in poultry farms. 

5 most common diseases that affect chicken.

1. Coccidiosis- is caused by coccidian protozoa that damage a specific region of the gut in chicken.
2. Avian influenza – is a disease caused by orthomyxoviruses. It has symptoms of bird flu.
3. Fowl Pox- Caused by Pasteurella multocida that affects the joints, wattles, infraohits, sinuses carry dry and wet symptoms. 
4. Newcastle disease – can spread rapidly in the respiratory, digestive, and nervous systems.
5. Salmonellosis- is a bacterial disease that can cause septicemia and enteritis in young chickens. 

Treatment – 

1. The most popular way to treat this is amprolium which blocks the parasite’s ability to uptake and multiply. Probiotics, phytogenics, and other novel feed additives can help prevent coccidiosis. 

2. Avian influenza is recommended to be administered within two days of testing. Few antibiotics for poultry like amantadine and rimantadine (Flumadine) can be used to treat avian influenza. 

3. Fowl pox can be cured only by practicing good biosecurity, control mosquitoes, quarantine, and give appropriate vaccination for chicken. 

4. Newcastle disease can be treated by vaccination and some medicines prescribed by doctors. Prevention to be taken for fowl pox and Newcastle are almost the same. There is no sure cure for these two diseases. Salmonellosis should be taken seriously. Rapid action should be taken and should be treated as soon as the chickens show signs of infection. there are many antibacterial medicines available in the market and Injections for it such as Loperamide -Imodium and antibiotics.

These are a few guidelines, treatment, preventions for the 5 most common chicken diseases.