What are the main routes by which chicken diseases are transmitted?

Transmission routes of chicken diseases are the routes by which pathogens, after being discharged from the source of infection, invade the flock again through certain means and cause the chickens to become ill. The purpose of understanding the transmission routes is to cut off the continued spread of pathogens and prevent the occurrence and epidemic of chicken diseases.

There are mainly the following transmission routes:

1. Transmission through poultry eggs;

2. Transmission in the hatchery;

3. Airborne transmission;

4. Transmission through feed and drinking water;

5. Transmission through litter and manure;

6. Transmission through feathers;

7. Transmission through equipment and tools;

8. Transmission through mixing groups;

9. Vector transmission;

10. Transmission through mating.