Attention, dear breeders:
In order to prevent losses or reduce the amount of losses, early detection of abnormal conditions in the farm is a vital thing in reducing losses, because if the disease reaches a critical level, its treatment becomes very difficult and expensive, and sometimes even impossible. Therefore, the farmer must have the ability to quickly detect unusual cases in the herd and the farm, and as soon as he sees the problem, he should raise the problem with the poultry veterinarian (if the problem is infectious or requires surgery) and the animal science expert (if the problem is management or nutritional). to do
A list of unusual things in the ostrich farm:
1) Feces: Bloody diarrhea, clotted green diarrhea, white clotted diarrhea, chalky white diarrhea, foul-smelling brown foamy diarrhea, watery diarrhea, dark gray diarrhea, powdery stool.
2) Urine: Normally, the liquid is clear and colorless. Abnormalities include: white urine, green urine, yellowish or orange urine.
3) Eyes: normally shiny and fresh and the inner tissue of the eye is pink. Abnormal state includes: redness and hyperemia, swelling, bleeding, discharge of purulent and watery discharge, bubble discharge, keeping eyes closed for a long time.
4) Nose and mouth: it should be free of purulent secretions, blood and phlegm. The space inside the mouth should be free of wounds, fungus, infectious secretions and bleeding.
5) Behaviour: Abnormal behaviors include: seclusion and separation from the herd, hunching, crouching, decreased mobility, decreased appetite, unwillingness to consume water and food, excessive desire to only consume water, excessive running in pen, sitting for a long time with napping, dirt eating, poop eating, gluttony, selective consumption of feed (eating the concentrate part and refusing to eat the fodder part), repeatedly pecking other chickens, changing the normal position of the neck, Movement problem (lameness, turning around, paralysis, etc.), leg tremors, movement imbalance.
6) Anus: Abnormal conditions including hyperemia and prominence, bleeding, prolapse or protrusion, smeared with excrement, presence of worms and parasite eggs.
7) Legs: Deviation, twisting, turning.
8) Feathers: disheveled, irregular, feather root bleeding, the presence of external parasites in the outer part of the feather root.
Each of the above problems have different causes in different conditions, the diagnosis of which requires a detailed examination of the herd and farm by the relevant expert.
Respected members of the group and channel, considering that most of the problems of breeders, especially friends who have the first breeding experience, include the following;
Cannibalism, faeces and soil eating, stress, constipation, malnutrition, prolapse, stone accumulation, necrotic enteritis
Therefore, if the information in the above text is not enough, search the names of the diseases in the group and channel and read the contents. If you need more information, ask your question in the group.
Author: Engineer Ramin Shahabi
We hope it is useful.
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