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Poultry Improvement Project

Poultry Improvement Project. Disease Prevention. Diseases. Causes are from: Hereditary Physiological Nutritional Animate Examples include bacteria and protozoan Managerial Others Poisons, dusts, etc. How Diseases Spread?. By introducing diseased birds to healthy flocks.

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Poultry Improvement Project

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  1. Poultry Improvement Project Disease Prevention

  2. Diseases • Causes are from: • Hereditary • Physiological • Nutritional • Animate • Examples include bacteria and protozoan • Managerial • Others • Poisons, dusts, etc.

  3. How Diseases Spread? • By introducing diseased birds to healthy flocks. • By introducing healthy birds who may be carriers to healthy flocks. • Contact with objects that have the disease on them such as water dishes, crates, and feeders.

  4. Carcasses of dead birds that have not been disposed of properly. • Impure water, such as surface drainage water. • Rodents and free-flying birds. • Insects; for example fowl pox is commonly transmitted by the mosquito. • Shoes and clothing of people. • Contaminated feed and feed bags. • Contaminated soil or litter. • Airborne (especially in large #’s of chickens)

  5. Vaccinations • A vaccination is like an insurance policy. • For viruses it is one of the best ways to control disease. • When to Vaccinate: • Purchase day-old chicks vaccinated at the hatchery against Marek’s Disease. • Vaccinate for Newcastle at 7 days and at 4 weeks of age.

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