Saturday, 16 June 2012

Fowl Cholera:

Fowl Cholera:

A bacterial disease contaminated mostly through feed and water.

Acute Form:

Sudden death without any visible symptoms.

Diarrhoea and fever.

Chronic Form:

Swelling of the wattles followed by wrinkles.

Painful abcesses in the joint of legs and lameness.

Control Measures:

Affected birds should be segregated.

2.Treated with (0.2 per cent) Sod.Sulphamezathine in drinking water or by injecting broad spectrum antibiotic, like `Terramycin’ (40 mg per kg by wt.)

3.Control is achieved by timely vaccination.

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