What causes ducks to stop eating

In duck farming, the main focus is fattening them up, so discovering that ducks have stopped eating is a very distressing thing for farmers, especially in summer when this situation is even more common. In summer, whether due to disease or weather, ducks can easily stop eating, so what are the common reasons? Let's take a look together with QinNongWang.

1. Viral hepatitis

This is a highly contagious disease, mostly caused by high temperatures and excessive breeding density, so everyone needs to be especially careful. In the early stages of the disease, ducks will often stand still as if dazed, looking very listless, eating less and less, and eventually not eating at all when fed. In severe cases, it can cause rapid death, mostly occurring in young ducks; older ducks are rarely affected. Once discovered, it is best to inject duck viral hepatitis yolk antibody, and it is best to inject the entire flock.

2. Duck plague

When duck plague occurs, it also causes ducks to stop eating, and it is extremely contagious. It manifests as the duck's head slowly secreting a lot of unidentified substances, the duck's appetite gradually declining, and in severe cases the duck will lie on the ground unwilling to get up; at this point, even if you put food in front of the duck, it will not eat. Duck droppings will also be expelled along with green turbid liquid. Before breeding, you must inject the duck plague vaccine for prevention; those that have not been injected should be injected if an outbreak occurs, and affected ducks also need anti-serum injection for treatment.

3. Duck colibacillosis

This disease is mostly caused by inflammation of the duck's intestines and stomach; the duck's belly area will slowly swell, and the duck will be unwilling to move around, its body will remain huddled together for a long time, and eating becomes even more impossible; at this point, even if you force-feed it, it will vomit it back up. The head will also secrete mucus, and diarrhea will occur. To prevent this condition, everyone must pay attention to the hygiene of the duck house in daily life; Escherichia coli inactivated oil emulsion vaccine is considered a fairly effective agent for this disease.

4. Environmental factors

This is one of the reasons that can be controlled by humans, mainly because everyone usually does not pay attention to feeding management, leftover feed is not cleaned up in time, and breeding density is high, which seriously affects the ducks' appetite, and this easily leads to the whole group not eating. Secondly, there is excessively high temperature and poor ventilation in the duck house; the ducks are already so hot that they are close to getting sick, so eating is even more impossible. Finally, there is the issue caused by parasites due to hygiene; at this point, the ducks will constantly move their beaks over their bodies, and they will likewise have no appetite and will choose to refuse to eat.

The above situations mostly occur in summer or during seasonal transitions, and the probability of occurrence in winter is much lower. When breeding, everyone must control the breeding density well; being too dense will not only increase the chance of disease but also make the infection rate much higher.