Poultry Diseases

We will talk about poultry diseases, as poultry is one of the most important and well-known staple foods for humans.

Where red meat is the basic food to get protein,

However, poultry is often exposed to many infectious and non-infectious diseases and viruses.

But this matter occurs naturally without any notification and spreads very quickly and often kills all poultry suddenly, including those that may harm humans.

The result of these diseases is due to bad weather conditions and the sudden change in the weather when the seasons change.

Including those that occur as a result of lack of attention to hygiene, heating and proper nutrition.

Here we will learn about some poultry diseases:

1- Avian influenza.

It is considered the most common disease in poultry around the world and the most dangerous one, because there are more than 140 species of it.

It is the most widespread disease, as it is capable of infecting an entire house of chickens in one farm in a few hours and destroying them all within days.

It is frightening about this disease that it also affects humans and often causes death

As the disease does not die inside the poultry when it is destroyed, but rather remains inside it and does not die except by burning.

The only solution to mitigate its spread is to get rid of poultry when it infects them and then bury or burn them in a secluded place.

his symptoms.

Poultry laziness and lethargy.
sleep a lot.
Decreased egg production.
The color of the poultry feet changes to blue, and the male’s crest turns from red to blue.
Exit secretions from the nose of poultry.

2- Salmonella.

It is a disease that is neither common nor widespread, but it comes on suddenly without knowing the cause.

But it is only transmitted to poultry that comes into contact with a chicken infected with salmonella, as it does not pose a threat to humans.

It is considered one of the treatable diseases, as a veterinarian can take care of infected poultry, and then it can be cured.

his symptoms.

lack of fertility
Decreased egg production.
permanent sleepiness
Sleeping continuously.
Anorexia
Respiratory weakness.
Diarrhea, and when poultry reaches the stage of diarrhea, it often dies within a few days.

3 – Newcastle.

It is considered the most dangerous disease that poultry is exposed to, as it affects almost all birds.

It spreads very quickly, as it spreads in the air through breathing and kills birds in record time, but does not pose a great threat to human health.

It is easy to treat, but the dangerous thing is that it eliminates them as a result of the speed of its spread only.

his symptoms.

Paralysis of the wings and feet of birds.
Permanent fluffing of feathers.
Anorexia
Excessive secretions in the eyes and nose.
Egg production stops, and if poultry produces eggs, they are fragile, small, and may be empty from the inside