Prevention and treatment of ascites disease in broilers in winter

The temperature is cold in winter, so it is necessary to strictly prevent ascites disease. Meat is a common comprehensive disease in broilers in winter, which seriously affects the economic benefits of the farm. The density of raising chickens in winter is high, the ventilation condition is poor, coupled with the rapid growth and insufficient supply of broilers, which seriously affect the cardiopulmonary development and oxygen supply function, and ascites occurs, so how to do a good job in the prevention and treatment of ascites in winter? Let's take a look.

1. Ventilation and ventilation

When the chick begins to get sick in the early stage, it is directly related to the insufficient supply in the later stage of egg hatching, so the ventilation should be strengthened in the later stage of egg hatching to prevent the occurrence of early ascites disease.

2. Early feed restriction

Within 3 weeks after feeding, chicks should be fed with low concentration of nutrition, especially at the age of 2-3 weeks, that is, the feed intake of chicks should be controlled and 7-8% of the chicks should be fed each time. This can limit the growth rate and effectively control the incidence of ascites disease. many people are more worried that the lack of nutrition in the early stage of chicks will lead to poor growth and slow down its growth and development. It can be changed to low concentration diet after 3 weeks, so as to compensate for growth and accelerate weight gain in the later stage, which will not affect the overall production performance.

3. Strengthen environmental management

It is difficult to feed in winter, when the main cause of ascites disease can appropriately reduce the feed density of chickens, 15-20 per square meter before week-age and 10-12 per square meter after 3 weeks of age. At the same time, we should do a good job in environmental hygiene, change the bedding grass frequently, keep the bedding grass clean and hygienic, regularly clean feces, disinfection and ventilation, reduce the concentration of harmful gases, and prevent the occurrence of ascites disease.

4. Heat preservation

Cold stress caused by winter is also an important cause of ascites disease in broilers, so it is necessary to prevent cold stress and deal with the relationship between heat preservation and ventilation in winter. In addition, drinking cold water is also a kind of stress, which not only consumes a lot of physical energy, but also reduces disease resistance, so we should insist on drinking warm water, the water temperature is-25-40 degrees, below 25 degrees should be raised in time, in the appropriate water temperature can be excellent prevention of ascites disease.

The above is the introduction of the prevention and control measures of broiler ascites disease in winter. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about it, please follow us.