How to prevent respiratory disease in chickens? A full breakdown of practical measures

Measures to prevent respiratory disease in chickens:

1. Select chicks of reliable quality and carry out vaccination properly. Choose hatching eggs free of disease infection to hatch chicks, ensuring the chicks' health. At the same time, the purchased chicks should be properly vaccinated against infectious bursal disease, infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis and infectious coryza to prevent the invasion of pathogens such as mycoplasma, which is also the key to preventing chronic respiratory disease.

2. Strengthen feeding management and reduce stress factors. In winter and spring, when the weather is cold, feeding management must be greatly strengthened. First, do a good job of cold protection and warmth keeping, and pay attention to ventilation. In winter and spring, the temperature difference between day and night is large, so insulation and heating facilities must be added, supplemented by appropriate ventilation, to meet the flock's needs for temperature and fresh air. This reasonable coordination of temperature and air is an important measure for preventing chronic respiratory disease. Second, reduce the occurrence of stress factors. Stress is an important factor inducing chronic respiratory disease. These stress factors mainly include physiological stress (such as lack of adrenal cortex hormone secretion), environmental stress (such as high temperature, cold, noise, ventilation, etc.), management stress (density, catching, transport, etc.), and sanitary stress (such as vaccination, medication, etc.). The occurrence of these factors should be minimized.