Common diseases and control of quail

Quail breeding is very common in China, and its breeding technology is gradually maturing. But quails are also animals, animals can also get sick, and many people are not careful in breeding, so quails often have a lot of diseases. It affects the growth of quail, leads to the decrease of egg production and the benefit of breeding. So what are the common diseases of quail? How to prevent and cure it? Let's take a look at it.

Quail diphtheria

1. Symptoms: quail diphtheria is mainly caused by Escherichia coli and other bacteria infecting the respiratory tract such as nose and throat and eyes of quails. Quail diphtheria after the onset of eye swelling, began uncontrolled tears and runny nose, coughing and sneezing and other cold phenomena. The appetite drops greatly, the body is very weak, careful observation of the eyes will find that there are a lot of yellow eye droppings. Small yellow spots will also appear in the mouth. The incidence of diphtheria is fast and spreads very quickly.

2. Prevention and control methods: in the daily management, the sanitary work of quail house should be done well to ensure that feed and drinking water are clean and pollution-free. Pay attention to the work of preventing cold and keeping warm in winter and observe the growth of quails. Once the disease occurs, the sick quails should be isolated and transferred to other places for treatment in time. In the treatment, oxytetracycline can be mixed into the feed, and the diseased quail head can be soaked in potassium permanganate solution.

2. Feather lice disease

1. Symptoms: feather lice disease is caused by the transmission of lice by ducks or other poultry. Lice will be found on the quail house when raising quails. Quails can also be found on their wings or other parts of their body. quails with lice disease are restless and peck at each other. Plucking off the feathers will find scars, resulting in poor appetite, insufficient nutrition and gradual weight loss of quails, affecting the laying rate.

2. Prevention and control methods: feather lice disease is mainly caused by lice, so what we need to do is to do a good job in disinfecting quail houses. Quail houses, breeding cages and household appliances should be thoroughly disinfected, and every corner of quail houses should not be spared, so as to reduce the transmission of lice. Drug treatment can be mixed with ivermectin into feed and water for feeding. Disinfection should not be carried out in the morning and evening when Wendy is low.

3. White dysentery

1. Symptoms: White dysentery mainly occurs on the young quails that have just come out of their shells, and the young quails are generally infected before they break their shells. After the illness, the quail was in low spirits, had a very low appetite and even stopped eating, shaking all over as if it were very cold. The feathers are not as smooth as the normal quail, the wings are weak, and the feces are abnormal. Adult quails are less ill, but they also have a certain chance of getting sick.

2. Prevention and treatment methods: after the onset of the disease, nestling quails are treated with Zhililing or antioxidants and other agents in time. Do a good job in the management of quail houses, clean up the droppings of quail houses, and disinfect quail houses in all directions on a regular basis. Disinfection must be carried out during hatching, and quails that have already become sick should be dealt with in a timely manner.

These are the common diseases and control methods in quail breeding. Although quail breeding is relatively simple, it also needs some disease prevention and control techniques. I hope the editor can help you. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.