Disease | Age affected
| Symptoms | Treatment |
NCD | All | Depression, poor appetite, coughing and difficult breathing, diarrhea, nervous signs, twisted neck and death in large numbers in short time
| Vaccination antibiotic to control secondary infections
|
Fowl pox
| All but serious at point of lay
| Spreading eruption on comb, wattle nose & other featherless parts, poor appetite/egg production, depress ion. Deaths may result in chicks
| Vaccination antibiotic to control secondary infections
|
Infectious Bronchitis
| All | Chicks /growers: Depression, huddling, poor appetite, coughing, gasping/difficult breathing, death. Adult: Coughing/noisy breathing, few eggs laid/with soft shells
| Vaccination Antibiotics to control secondary infections
|
Avian Influenza
| All | Depression, coughing, discharge from eyes nostrils , swollen face, poor sight and feeding, nervous signs and diarrhea
| Destroy sick birds
|
IBD
| 2-6 wk | Depression, poor appetite, un-steady walk, pecking at vent and diarrhoea
| Control by vaccination
|
Where are you located
Thank you. We are located at Wakulima House 1st floor, Haile Selasie Avenue
Must chicken eat grass or green vegetables so as to grow healthy?.