How to control chicken lice

Chicken lice is a common external parasite in chickens, mainly on the feathers and skin of chickens, about the size of sesame seeds. Chicken lice are transmitted mainly through direct contact and indirectly through public appliances.

Clinical symptoms of chickens due to lice bite stimulation, skin itching, and pecking restless, there are broken feathers, skin damage, long-term lack of good rest, loss of appetite, resulting in anemia and emaciation. Seriously, it can make the chicks die, hinder the development of chickens during the growing period, and decrease the egg production of laying hens. The resistance of chickens to diseases decreased significantly, and it was easy to be infected with other diseases.

Prevention and cure measures

First, kill lice on the body surface.

(1) spray to kill lice. At noon in spring, autumn and winter, you can choose non-toxic lice essence (mixed with 5 ml of non-toxic lice essence and 2.5 liters of water) or use Houning insecticidal aerosol, non-toxic doxycycline, deltamethrin (deltamethrin), etc., according to the product instructions to prepare a diluent for spraying (reverse feather spray on the chicken).

(2) killing lice by sand bath. Adult chickens can choose sulfur sand (10 parts of yellow sand mixed with 0.5 parts of sulfur powder) or with non-toxic lice, ivermectin, avermectin, etc., according to the product instructions to prepare a diluent, and then 10 parts of yellow sand plus 0.5 parts of the diluent, stir evenly and then take a sand bath.

Second, environmental control of lice. You can choose non-toxic lice or Hou Ning insecticidal aerosol, non-toxic Dumalin, permethrin, deltamethrin, etc., which can be prepared into a diluent according to the product instructions to spray chicken coops, playground floors, walls, shelves, bedding grass, crevices, etc., to kill chicken lice in the environment. The drug was repeated once every 15 to 28 days when necessary.

Third, matters needing attention.

(1) the dosage of the above drugs is for reference only, and the product description shall prevail. When using medicine, the calculation and weighing must be accurate, and the mixing should be uniform. The first use of the drug should be done in a small group test with 10 to 20 chickens. When there are no toxic side effects, the use can be gradually expanded, and when there are toxic side effects, the dose can be reduced appropriately or other drugs with less toxicity can be used.

(2) lice control drugs are toxic to a certain extent, do not pollute feed and drinking water, and clean up the residual liquid or sand in time after using the drug. After spraying medicine, the chicken house should be fully ventilated.