Chickens: Salpingitis in chickens

Salpingitis is a fairly common disease among the many non-contagious diseases found in chickens. It usually appears in highly productive laying hens and is characterized by an inflammatory process of the oviduct. Not infrequently, salpingitis occurs in conjunction with yolk peritonitis – inflammation of the abdominal cavity.

Spontaneous salpingitis can be caused by heavy oviposition in young individuals that have not yet fully reached sexual maturity and generally normal development, or in cases of very large eggs being laid. Also, the cause of the disease may be the poor maintenance of feathered pets: a dirty room, a nest, perches, when microbes from the cloaca enter the oviduct.

Inflammation of the oviduct can occur as a result of hens laying eggs without shell or irregular shape.

Salpingitis can be recognized by difficult egg-laying and the release of mucus, protein and yolk masses in the bird. Laying hens spend more time in nests, more often climb into them. And the oviduct, or rather its lower part, descends into the cloaca and protrudes.

In a severe form of the disease, the oviduct is filled with solid masses, similar to cottage cheese mixed with lime. They are yellow or grayish white in color and are “plugs”. Salpingitis is accompanied by a decrease in egg production, and after a while its complete cessation. At the very beginning of the development of the disease, the bird lays eggs of irregular shape or eggs without shells.

For the prevention of infection and the treatment of feathered pets from salpingitis, it is necessary to use good, high-quality, balanced and nutritious feeding, in which there are many vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, D, E and groups B. In this case, yeast, fresh greens, herbal flour and other food products. Keeping chickens clean is also of great importance.

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