How to prevent chicken plague? Prevention and control methods every poultry farmer must read
Chicken plague is one of the diseases poultry farmers worry about most; once it appears, it very easily leads to large-scale outbreaks afterward. So farmers always attach great importance to the daily prevention and control of chicken plague. So from which aspects can chicken plague be prevented? Let's take a look together with Qinnong Web.
1. Inject vaccines
What everyone usually calls chicken plague is mostly avian influenza, and farmers probably all understand how serious avian influenza is given how wide its harm once was. But with development up to now, our country has a variety of vaccines that can prevent chicken plague. So friends who raise chickens must use vaccines at the early stage. Newcastle disease vaccine strain I is a vaccine with a relatively long-lasting immunity period, suitable for chicks raised for about 3 months, and is given by injection. Those who find it troublesome can use Newcastle disease vaccine strain II, which does not restrict the age of the chickens and can be fed mixed with water. In addition, chicken plague strains I-VI and others can all be used for prevention and control.
2. Keep the chicken coop hygienic
The environment where chicken plague is most likely to occur is when the chicken coop's hygiene is substandard. When the droppings in a chicken coop are not cleaned up in time, the air is not circulating, and the weather is relatively hot or the temperature changes greatly, the chickens' immunity drops to an extremely low level, and if this lasts a little longer it is very likely to trigger chicken plague. So maintaining the hygiene of the chicken coop is very important; after daily cleaning of chicken manure, it is best to treat it in a place far away from the chicken coop.
3. Feed anti-plague foods
Improving the chickens' own immunity is also an important means of preventing chicken plague, and at this time we need to rely on some external things to strengthen it. In daily rearing, everyone can chop common ginger, garlic and the like into fine pieces and mix them with the feed to feed together; both are good things for improving chicken immunity. You can also mix white vinegar with rice bran, let it settle overnight, then stir it into the feed for prevention and control. When there is no outbreak, the above can be fed once at irregular intervals to strengthen resistance; for sick chickens after an outbreak, continuous feeding for about 5 days can show a certain effect.
4. Daily precautions
First, chicken plague mostly occurs in summer, so the above measures especially need attention in summer. Second, chicken plague is to a large extent transmitted through the respiratory tract, so the breeding density in summer needs to be reduced appropriately, which both ensures the temperature of the chicken coop and reduces the probability of outbreaks. In daily life, pay attention to guarding against the intrusion of some animals to reduce the possibility of external infection. Finally, mugwort has a good effect on preventing pests and diseases; it is recommended to place some in the chicken coop in summer, which can also clear the smell of the chicken coop.
No farmer wants chicken plague to occur, so defensive measures must be in place in daily life. Second, in summer, any chicken found to be sick, no matter what the disease is, must first be isolated, because chicken diseases are very easily transmitted. I hope the above aspects can be helpful to everyone, so that during the period when chicken plague is prone to occur, you can make some efforts of your own.