Foot pad swelling can also cause duck death, how to prevent and cure duck pad swelling disease

Duck foot swelling is a bacterial infectious disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus, which is hidden in the body surface and external environment of animals and will multiply in warm, humid and harsh environments. Mat swelling often occurs in ducks infected with Staphylococcus aureus.

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Pathogen and epidemic. Staphylococcus aureus mainly causes infection through damaged skin and mucous membrane of ducks. Adult breeder ducks have a high incidence of swollen feet, especially large breeder ducks. The causes of foot swelling include: duck feet injury caused by sharp foreign bodies in duck barracks and sports grounds; poor water quality in duck farms and other conditions conducive to the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus.

Symptoms and pathological changes. Infected ducks have depressed spirits, loss of appetite, decreased egg production and claudication. Tarsal joint, foot pad, flipper swelling, skin cracking, exudation of pus and blood. Sometimes the pathogen spreads to other parts of the duck body, resulting in septic infection, resulting in acute disease and death of the sick duck.

Prevention and cure measures

1. The sharp foreign bodies in the site should be removed in time to avoid duck trauma.

2. Keep the duck farm clean and hygienic. Regular non-toxic, less irritating disinfectants such as 0.3% peracetic acid, spray disinfection, inhibit the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus. At the same time, the water body of the duck farm should also be disinfected.

3, when the occurrence of duck foot pad swelling, can also be treated with antibiotics, can be used tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, can be used 0.06-0.1% dose, mixed feed, whole ducks take 4-5 days. At the same time, ducks with obvious disease can be treated with penicillin or gentamicin. The doses are 40-50,000 units of penicillin and 10-20,000 units of gentamicin per kilogram of duck body weight, once a day for 3-5 days.

4. For the duck farms with frequent foot swelling, Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from this field if possible, and the inactivated vaccine of Staphylococcus aureus was prepared and immunized.