Pullorum
Cause - Salmonella bacilla transmitted through the eggs
from one generation to the next if parents are not salmonella - free. Can also
be transmitted through visitors' feet, animals, contaminated feed, equipment,
and wild birds.
Symptoms - Chicks: sudden deaths, other chicks droop
wings, huddle near heater. Diarrhea is white, sticky and foaming. Chicks may
have 50 percent mortality. Adults: in acute outbreaks are weak and depressed,
may have greenishbrown diarrhea.
Treatment - Sulfabased drugs for market stock; do not use
infected birds for breeding.
Prevention - Buy only certified pullorum - free chicks and
implement sanitary management practices.
from one generation to the next if parents are not salmonella - free. Can also
be transmitted through visitors' feet, animals, contaminated feed, equipment,
and wild birds.
Symptoms - Chicks: sudden deaths, other chicks droop
wings, huddle near heater. Diarrhea is white, sticky and foaming. Chicks may
have 50 percent mortality. Adults: in acute outbreaks are weak and depressed,
may have greenishbrown diarrhea.
Treatment - Sulfabased drugs for market stock; do not use
infected birds for breeding.
Prevention - Buy only certified pullorum - free chicks and
implement sanitary management practices.