Poultry feces
Poultry feces show good and very important information about the general conditions of the herd and especially intestinal diseases and problems. By observing and interpreting the conditions of poultry feces, the poultry farmer can prevent many poultry diseases and in this case especially improve the conversion rate of manure to meat. In this case, the following should be considered in the stool:
A: Stool color
The color of the feces indicates the health or many problems of the poultry.
For example, white diarrhea, which is often seen in the first few days of the chicks’ age and is transmitted through the mother hen, indicates the disease of white diarrhea or polyworm; which is considered a dangerous disease and with an urgent visit to the poultry veterinarian and necessary tests, an important decision is made regarding the possibility of treatment or removal of the flock.
Green diarrhea is the possibility of herd contamination in Newcastle.
And the blood red color, especially with blood clots, indicates the contamination of the herd with coccidiosis;
And the red color with feces is the possibility of intestinal inflammation, which of course is better to send several samples of medium healthy poultry to the laboratory for the final diagnosis of whether it is intestinal inflammation or coccidiosis.
In chronic coccidiosis, blood may not be seen in stool and yellow or orange diarrhea may be observed.
Green color without diarrhea and natural stools is observed due to relatively high hunger or due to decreased appetite of chickens, or due to the use of drugs that are excreted through bile, or due to the use of drugs that treat liver poisoning.
Watery white color is often seen following kidney problems such as poisoning or in bronchitis and also in CRD.
Also, in some nutritional problems, such as high protein in the diet, white diarrhea is observed. Brown diarrhea, known as chocolate diarrhea, is seen in general bacillus disease and bacillary enteritis, which greatly spoils the food conversion factor.
Sometimes in Newcastle disease, watery and throwing diarrhea is also seen.
In Gumboro disease, slimy and sticky yellow diarrhea is observed.
B: The smell of feces
Poultry feces should not have a nasty and annoying smell. Bad smelling stool is often a sign of intestinal microbial problems.
A: Stool consistency
It is examined in terms of tightness and looseness and diarrhea. The cases of diarrhea were examined above. Stool hardness often occurs due to kidney and intestinal problems, especially in poisoning.
D: Fecal compounds
Poultry feces should not contain any undigested food. The presence of undigested grain in the feces is a sign of intestinal problems, intestinal inflammation, and especially coccidiosis. These problems, if the cause is not found and resolved soon, will quickly affect the conversion rate of grain to meat and the weight of slaughter chickens will be small compared to the grain consumed. And in fact, as a silent disease, the chicken will suffer greatly.
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