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The Use of antibiotics in one-day-old chicks

Majority of a farmer who has poultry in their farm believes that antibiotics in one-day-old <br>chicks will help it fight various diseases. But the question is, how much accurate is this <br>belief? Or do the one-day-old chicks need antibiotics? According to an expert, it is said that <br>one-day-old chicks need to establish their healthy gut flora. Strong gut flora act as a solid <br>barrier to pathogenic bacteria. If the one-day chick comes from a good quality hatchery on a <br>farm that has strong management will not need any antibiotics. There is no doubt <br>that Vaccination for chicken is essential, but t

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The Use of antibiotics in one-day-old chicks

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  1. The Use of antibiotics in one-day-old chicks Majority of a farmer who has poultry in their farm believes that antibiotics in one-day-old chicks will help it fight various diseases. But the question is, how much accurate is this belief? Or do the one-day-old chicks need antibiotics? According to an expert, it is said that one-day-old chicks need to establish their healthy gut flora. Strong gut flora act as a solid barrier to pathogenic bacteria. If the one-day chick comes from a good quality hatchery on a farm that has strong management will not need any antibiotics. There is no doubt that Vaccination for chicken is essential, but this rule doesn’t apply to one-day chicks. What does Antibiotics Poultry and related Research say? While researching Antibiotics Poultry, much information was gathered about the antibiotics in one-day-old chicks. Antibiotics harm one-day-old chicks. Vaccination is such an early stage, didn’t allow the gut to develop fully, and indirectly affects the chick's immune system. If antibiotics are harmful to the health of the Chicks, then why are we giving antibiotics to the one-day-old chicks? The answer is Vertically transmitted diseases. In many cases, fully grown chicken can suffer vertically transmitted infections, where the germ is transmitted from adult hen to the chick due to the hatchery infections. Therefore, there are high possibilities that the young chick born with a clinical disease. In such a scenario, to stop the bacterial infection such as Salmonella or Mycoplasma in the one-day-old chick is antibiotics. Wrapping Up Antibiotics can harm the immune system of the one-day-old chick. But, if the babe is born with vertically transmitted diseases, antibiotics are the only option. To avoid antibiotics, you can focus on the chickens' food and keep them in a clean environment. To develop an excellent immune system, you can switch to medication for broilers. Some reputed poultry medicine companies produce different vitamins, which can increase the immune system among the chickens. Stable gut flora and robust immune system will not let any infection breed on the chicken's body.

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