Fowl Coccidiosis
This disease is caused by a protozoan parasite of the intestine and can cause very heavy losses in poultry particularly up to the age of 12 weeks.
Symptoms:
The chicks lose weight and their appetites.
Their feathers become ruffled and soiled.
Combs are pale and they tend to huddle together in corners.
Droppings are watery and greenish or brown in colour often containing blood.
Control Measures:
Preventive:
Use of Bifuran in feed at all times.
Keep the litter dry and loose and keep chicks isolated in freshly sterilised pens.
Curative measures:
Use Bifuran in the water according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Isolate sick birds.
When the attack dies down disinfect litter and sterilize pens
This disease is caused by a protozoan parasite of the intestine and can cause very heavy losses in poultry particularly up to the age of 12 weeks.
Symptoms:
The chicks lose weight and their appetites.
Their feathers become ruffled and soiled.
Combs are pale and they tend to huddle together in corners.
Droppings are watery and greenish or brown in colour often containing blood.
Control Measures:
Preventive:
Use of Bifuran in feed at all times.
Keep the litter dry and loose and keep chicks isolated in freshly sterilised pens.
Curative measures:
Use Bifuran in the water according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Isolate sick birds.
When the attack dies down disinfect litter and sterilize pens
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