DAY OLD CHICK; IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE
It brings awesome happiness when we have the chance to get day old chick. The stree one has encountered with the inquiry, getting a dependable incubation company, knowing the nature of the parent stock, getting the best quantity of chicks you need and the funds to purchase them will make the experience to some degree entrusting. In any case, it is imperative to express that there are a great deal of things one needs to put into thought after the day old chicks are at last in your care. These include from the time procurement to when they arrive at your farm. Open your mind as I hold you by the hand to clarify the steps below.
Important Poultry Diseases that You Need to Know
Diseases are often characterized according to their biology, such as:
*. Virus, Bacteria, Parasites, Fungi, and their causes, e.g. nutritional disorders.
However, in the following the most important diseases in poultry are divided into three categories according to their severity and importance in village-based small-scale production systems. Distinct features, such as their characteristics during outbreaks (symptoms), and possible treatments (prevention or control), as well as the time of occurrence, will be presented.
*. The importance of a disease is judged by mortality rates and effect on production, and will vary greatly from area to area and from season to season.
Combination of diseases
Some less important diseases mayinteract with other diseases to create a more severe effect on thebirds. This is the case for: E. coli infections, nutritional deficiencies and internal parasites. Such diseases rarely kill the individual bird, but have a remarkable effect on the immune system of the birds, thus creating the basis for easy infection by other diseases.
Poultry birds and Gumboro
Gumboro is very common worldwide. It affects mainly chickens (serotype 2 only in USA, in chickens, turkeys and ducks) of2-16 weeks. Infectious bursal disease virus is a birnavirus. It is highly stable and resistant to many physical and chemical agents. It is highly contagious andis be spread by contaminated faeces, water and feed. It can alsobe carried by vectors such as darkling beetles and rats. Causes of Gumboro
IBD occurs only in young birds (2-16 weeks) and is seen mainly in chickens. It is a Birnavirus. It is highly stable and resistant to many physical and chemical agents.
Mode of transmission
IBD spreads by contaminated faeces, water and feed.
It is a highly contagious and hardy agent. Other vectors can harbour the virus including the lesser meal worms and rats.
POULTRY TREND IN AFRICA
Compared to other regions, there is little egg trade – be it in shell or processed – in these regions. Shell egg exports from African countries are small, averaging less than 6,000 tonnes a year between 2006 and 2008. Only two countries are involved in this trade to any significant extent, South Africa and Zimbabwe
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POULTRY EGG DROP DISEASES
POULTRY Egg drop may be defined as a sudden drop in egg production or a failure to achieve a normal peak in production. In the autumn of 1976 a distinct egg drop syndrome was first identified in Northern Ireland. Apparently a similar disease had been seen over a 4-year period in broiler parents in Holland. The cause has been identified as Adenovirus BC14, 127, first isolated in Northern Ireland in 1976.
It affects chickens and has occurred in Ireland, Holland, France, England, Germany, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Mortality is usually negligible. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the main route of transmission is through the eggs (vertical transmission) followed by latent infection during rear with viral excretion starting shortly before sexual maturity. Lateral transmission from bird to bird is slow and may be prevented or slowed for weeks by netting divisions.
It affects chickens and has occurred in Ireland, Holland, France, England, Germany, Spain, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Mortality is usually negligible. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the main route of transmission is through the eggs (vertical transmission) followed by latent infection during rear with viral excretion starting shortly before sexual maturity. Lateral transmission from bird to bird is slow and may be prevented or slowed for weeks by netting divisions.
Treatment Options Guide
Below is a list of the major poultry health problems you may encounter. Below each disease is a list of possible treatment options as provided by some supporting animal health companies.Toda we are treating coccidiosos caecal......
INSECT CONTROL IN POULTRY
Insects can be problematic in both pasture and confinement settings, said Ralph Williams, professor of entomology at Purdue. Cattle and poultry are especially vulnerable.
"Sometimes we forget that when we are irritated by mosquitoes, we can go inside," he said.
"Sometimes we forget that when we are irritated by mosquitoes, we can go inside," he said.
HOW TO START A POULTRY BUSINESS
Scratch your head if you must, for indeed, planning on how to start a chicken farm could be a baffling endeavor for the uninitiated. There are important factors to be considered before venturing into the chicken farm business from legal obligations and laws existing within your locality regarding raising farm animals to marketing strategies for your poultry products. For all of you who are still scratching your heads, here’s a guide on how to start a chicken farm:
1) Plan and research
This should require some self-interrogation or soul searching if you must. Do you want to establish a chicken farm for meat production or primarily for eggs? Do you want to market organic poultry or those run-of -the mill but high-yield commercially-fed chicken and by-products? Researching about chickens is a good starting point.
1) Plan and research
This should require some self-interrogation or soul searching if you must. Do you want to establish a chicken farm for meat production or primarily for eggs? Do you want to market organic poultry or those run-of -the mill but high-yield commercially-fed chicken and by-products? Researching about chickens is a good starting point.
HACHERIES IN NIGERIA
Amo Farm Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited
Address: Along Ife Odan Road, Awe, Oyo State.Phone: +234 38 240913, 240728, 240486, 0803 3067688; Fax: +234 38 240581
Email: ayowura@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.amobyng.com
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