Chickens: Pullorosis in chickens

Pullorosis is one of the most common diseases in chickens. It is an infectious disease. Its causative agent is a microorganism called Bacillus pullorum. However, even experienced specialists are not always able to quickly and accurately make the correct diagnosis and determine what caused the infection of small feathered pets.

The causative agent of pullorosis can survive in a wide variety of conditions, in any environment, regardless of temperature. In many cases, pullorosis in a bird appears and develops while still in the egg. Therefore, most of the livestock is never born, dying at different stages of development.

It is also not uncommon to observe that chicks become infected with pullorosis immediately after hatching. This disease can be recognized by a number of signs or symptoms of pullorosis: chickens move little, breathe through their beaks, try to keep their eyes closed all the time, squeak and have diarrhea. After infection, the bird is able to live for about two more days. If competent treatment is not started in time, at best, the owner of feathered pets will have only half of the hatched livestock. Or maybe even less.

Basically, the disease is transmitted to chickens from adult hens, in which the disease proceeds without clinical signs.

Sick individuals must be isolated from the rest of the livestock, and their products: eggs and meat should never be eaten. Pullorosis is transmitted to humans and causes intoxication in a rather severe form. Dead individuals are best burned, or buried as deep as possible. And the room in which they were kept should be carefully processed and disinfected.

For the treatment of chickens from pullorosis, various antibiotics can be used, for example, Avidos, Furazolidone, Furidin and many others. But before you buy any drugs, you need to consult with a specialist.

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