How to treat chicken osteomalacia

In the process of chicken growth and development, especially in the low temperature season, if the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus in the body is destroyed, it will cause abnormal growth of bone tissue and form a nutritional disease, which is collectively called rickets in adult chickens and rickets in chicks. So how to prevent and cure the disease? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Show symptoms

The main manifestations of diseased chickens are dysplasia, loss of appetite, fluffy feathers, soft bending of bones, bead-like hard joints at the junction of soft ribs and hard ribs, chest flat and protruding to both sides. If the symptoms are more serious, the mouth will be as soft as rubber, it is difficult to peck, the pain in both limbs can not stand, most of them lie down, and the chicks often bend their shins in an arc or X shape, the spine is curved, and the hen barks feebly, and the layers will not lay eggs at the base of the disease.

2. Preventive measures

The supply and proportion of diets should be adjusted, especially with emphasis on calcium-rich bone meal and fish meal, phosphorus-rich calcium phosphate and calcium hypophosphite. The general ratio of calcium to available phosphorus is 2.2 ∶ 1 for chicks, 2.5 ∶ 1 for breeding chickens, and 0.9 ∶ 1 for laying hens. During the peak laying period, the content of calcium should not be less than 3.5% ∶ 3.7%, and the content of phosphorus should not be less than 0.8% Laurel 0.9%. At the same time, attention should be paid to the quality of calcium and phosphorus in feed. The temperature of the chicken house should be kept between 18 and 23 degrees, and the feed area of each chicken should not be lower than the normal standard. For seriously ill chickens, they should be taken out of the cage and kept free on the ground. At the same time, the feed ratio should be adjusted and put back into the cage after they are restored to health.

3. Treatment

After the diseased chickens are found, the proportion of calcium and phosphorus in the diet should be increased in time, and should be matched according to the above formula, especially to supplement vitamin D or cod liver oil to promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus in chickens. In general, no kilogram feed is added with vitamin D2000 International Unit, and cod liver oil can be used 1-2 milliliters per chicken per day. In addition, bone meal and other substances should be added to the diet in time, accounting for about 1% of the diet, accounting for about 2% of the diet, so as to promote the rapid recovery of chickens.

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