Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas for Difficult Diseases in Pheasant Farming

In production practice, one often encounters this situation: when treating certain infectious diseases, all the “good drugs” have been used up, yet the effect is still not obvious. However, treatment with low-cost traditional Chinese medicine has instead achieved unexpectedly good results. These facts show that traditional Chinese medicine has its unique curative effect in treating difficult diseases of pheasants. The following are introduced for reference.

1 Pheasant staphylococcosis: preparation from the whole plant (root, stem, leaf, flower) or root preparation of Fagopyrum cymosum (golden buckwheat). Usage: for prevention, mix into feed at 0.1% and feed continuously for 3 d; for treatment, mix into feed at 0.2% and use continuously for 3 d—5 d. 2 Pheasant pullorum disease: Pulsatilla chinensis, Portulaca oleracea, Polygonum chinense, and Terminalia chebula each 15%; Phellodendron amurense, realgar, talc, and Agastache rugosa each 10%. Usage: mix into feed at a ratio of 3% for prevention. For severely affected chicks, prepare 0.5 g of the medicine per bird, mix with a small amount of feed to make a dough, and force-feed; the cure rate of this method is 98%, and the preventive protection rate reaches 99%. 3 Aspergillosis: Platycodon grandiflorus 250 g, Taraxacum mongolicum, Houttuynia cordata, and Perilla frutescens leaves each 500 g (dosage for 1000 chickens). Usage: decoct the above medicines in water, take the juice, mix with feed, and feed; twice a day, continuously for 1 week. In addition, add 0.1% potassium permanganate to the drinking water. 4 Colibacillosis: pomegranate peel, Polygonum chinense, and cholic acid in equal parts. Administer orally at 0.75 g per chicken; the protection rate is above 80%, and the survival rate with regular prevention reaches 95.5%—98%. 5 Infectious laryngotracheitis: Ephedra sinica, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Fritillaria, and Coptis chinensis each 30 g, Platycodon grandiflorus and dried tangerine peel each 25 g; Perilla frutescens, apricot kernel, Stemona japonica, Mentha, and cassia twig each 20 g, licorice 15 g. Usage: decoct the above medicines in water 3 times, combine the medicinal liquids, add to drinking water for consumption; this is a single dose for 100 adult chickens, one dose per day, continuously for 3 doses; the cure rate is 98%. 6 Kidney-type infectious bronchitis: Aster tataricus, Asarum sieboldii, Areca peel, Gentiana scabra, and licorice each 20 g, Poria cocos, Plantago seed, Schisandra chinensis, and Alisma orientale each 40 g, jujube 30 g; grind into powder, sift, and put into cloth bags for later use. 0.5 g per bird per day, administered twice in the morning and evening; method: place the medicine in an enamel container, add 20 times the amount of medicine in 100°C boiling water, brew for 15 min to 20 min, then add an appropriate amount of cold water. Withhold water for 2 h—4 h before drinking, finish drinking within 2 h, and use continuously for 4 days for recovery. 7 Infectious bursal disease: Isatis indigotica root, Arnebia euchroma, Rubia cordifolia, and licorice each 50 g, mung bean 500 g. Usage: decoct in water, mix the decoction with feed and feed, or use the first decoction mixed with feed and the second decoction for drinking water; for severely ill chickens, administer by gavage, and continuous use for 3 d is sufficient. 8 Pheasant egg drop syndrome: Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense, Scutellaria baicalensis, Lonicera japonica, Isatis indigotica leaf, Isatis indigotica root, Dioscorea bulbifera, and Dioscorea bulbifera (white) each 30 g, licorice 50 g. Usage: add the above medicines to 5000 ml of water, add 1 kg of white sugar, for 500 chickens to drink at one time. One dose per day, continuously for 3 to 5 doses, and the egg production rate can be restored. 9 Fowl pox: Lonicera japonica and Forsythia suspensa each 20 g, Mentha and cicada slough each 15 g, coriander and Tamarix chinensis each 10 g; decoct the juice to 500 ml. Usage: decoct the soup for free drinking or mix into the feed of the day; for mild cases, continuous use for 3 d—5 d; for severe cases, continuous use for 5 d—7 d can bring it under control. 10 Pheasant mycoplasmosis (chronic respiratory disease): Magnolia biondii, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Mentha each 5 g, dried tangerine peel, Angelica dahurica, and Platycodon grandiflorus each 5 g, Agastache rugosa and Schizonepeta tenuifolia each 10 g, Poria cocos and Scutellaria baicalensis each 12 g, Xanthium sibiricum 9 g. Usage: at a dosage of 1 g to 1.5 g per chicken, decoct in water for free drinking, continuously for 3 d—7 d.