Diagnosis and Prevention of four Common Chicken Diseases in Autumn and Winter

The second half of the year comes in the blink of an eye, and it is autumn and winter after summer. during this period, the incidence of chicken disease is quite high, with the cold air coming from late autumn to winter, especially the ultra-low temperature of people in the north. If these four diseases are not properly prevented and treated in winter, the mortality rate is relatively high, especially for some chickens with poor growth and poor physique, it is more difficult to survive the winter successfully. Then the editor will tell you how to prevent and cure these diseases in autumn and winter.

1. Infectious bronchitis

Infectious disease is the most terrible, chicken infectious bronchitis can directly kill chickens, this disease occurs in chickens is very dangerous, the general resistance of chicks are very weak, so the protection measures of chicks must be done well, otherwise all infected chickens will be infected, generally sick chickens will sneeze, runny nose and lethargy and other symptoms We can judge according to these symptoms, early diagnosis and early treatment to avoid heavy losses.

2. Chronic respiratory diseases in chickens.

This disease is similar to the one above, as harmful as the disease above, and is the most common in winter. once you get this symptom, you will sneeze and run your nose, and then slowly worsen until you have difficulty breathing and the mortality rate is greatly improved. for this disease, we can use oxytetracycline, tylosin and Zhiyuanjing to treat this disease.

3. Avian influenza

In fact, bird flu is not just infected by chickens, many kinds of animals can spread bird flu, influenza virus can be parasitic on any animal, once infected with bird flu, sick chickens will have symptoms of elevated body temperature and dyspnea. What can be seen with the naked eye is an increase in eye droppings. When there are these symptoms, we should consider what to do, otherwise it will affect the egg production of chickens. We can vaccinate it against bird flu.

4. Chicken swollen head syndrome

Chicken head swelling occurs most often, and this symptom occurs in almost every kind of chicken, especially in broilers. After suffering from the disease, the meat around the corns will swell, and the chickens will shake their heads strangely. If we want to prevent this disease, we must do a good job in the hygienic management of the breeding environment, inject attenuated vaccines and use antiviral drugs together.

The above is the diagnosis and prevention of the four common chicken diseases in autumn and winter. chicken breeding should always observe the dynamics of chickens at the end of autumn and winter, deal with them in time once there is an abnormal occurrence, diagnose what the disease is, and do not procrastinate to prevent the disease from deteriorating. If you want to know more related information, please continue to follow the pro-agriculture network!