Drug Treatment Methods for Cecal Hepatitis in Sanhuang Chickens

A certain farmer raised 1000 Sanhuang chickens, and at 35 days of age, 6 suddenly died. On that day, the feed intake of this flock of Sanhuang chickens decreased. After the onset of the disease, slight bloody droppings appeared in the large group. Over the following 10 days, bloody droppings and pale yellow or light green droppings increased, and the number of deaths rose. Apart from emaciation, the chickens were still in fair spirits. Coccidiostat drugs were used continuously for 3 days to treat cecal coccidiosis, but the effect was not obvious.

1. Necropsy:

The livers of the dead chickens had characteristic features, being slightly enlarged, with round or irregular, slightly sunken ulcerative lesions on the surface, with a special shape. The ceca were enlarged, and the contents contained caseous necrotic intestinal cores. Based on clinical experience, the diagnosis was chicken cecal coccidiosis.

2. Treatment process:

1. Metronidazole was prepared as a 0.05% aqueous solution for drinking water, while VK was supplemented, used continuously for 5 days. The above symptoms were brought under control, and there were no deaths.

3. Summary: In recent years, among free-range households, this disease has occurred sporadically. Combined with farmers not paying much attention to it, economic losses have been relatively serious, @#@230@#@ and enthusiasm has declined. Regarding this phenomenon, I put forward three suggestions.

1. During the raising of Sanhuang chickens, strengthen cleaning and sanitation management, do routine disinfection well, and at the same time regularly use deworming drugs such as levamisole to expel other nematodes and parasitic diseases.

2. During the raising of Sanhuang chickens, use raised-net rearing or cage rearing, frequently clean the chicken manure and do more composting

3. Treat the disease early when it occurs.