China: Thousands of dead chickens in a chicken farm veterinary station staff said it was coccidiosis

September 10, 2011

Thousands of chickens died inexplicably, Mr. Shu chicken specialized households in the eyes, pain in my heart. Also helping Mr. Shu was surprised, there are already many years of farming experience, he did not know the cause of death a large area of ​​the chicken. The Jiangning veterinary inspection station staff, said may be due to coccidiosis caused.

Inexplicable deaths of more than 3,000 chickens

Yesterday afternoon, reporters rushed to Mr. Shu Gan in Jiangning Hengxi Street West community farm, the reporter saw a large number of dead chickens in a chicken farm, chicken was another Zhen Ji, all over the house, and the remaining chickens on the companion's body back and forth between.

Mr. Shu told reporters that the dead chickens were found two sheds, a total area of ​​450 square meters. In the 450 square meters of sheds, the total of 5300 raised chickens, has more than 3000 dead.

Chickens started dying in the September 7, Mr. Shu began to dead chickens found in the chicken coop. "At first, hundreds of dead around, it is unclear why, according to past experience, we began to treat common infectious diseases of chickens injected vaccine."

Mr. Shu introduction, these drugs including SHL oral liquid (injection), poultry genetic engineering interferon (injections) and Baokang fluid. Mr. Shu told reporters that based on past experience, his self-injection of the vaccine on the prevalence of general diseases are effective, but this time not only did not effect the chicken but die more quickly.

From the beginning the night before, started large-scale death of chickens, and died very strange, "are sudden death, two others jumped on the ground, the clap wings to die, had never encountered before." Until yesterday morning, only a few thousand chickens had died.

To see so many chickens died mysteriously, Mr. Shu moment did not mind, because chickens do not know the cause of death, the bodies of dead chickens without Mr. Shu did not dare to deal with, "If avian flu is a class of infectious diseases, the handling of dead chickens is a very troublesome thing, so we dare not tamper with. "desperation, Mr. Shu call the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station Jiangning call for help.

Veterinary Station that is coccidiosis

Jiangning veterinary Zhanfuzhanchang Chiang told reporters, Mr. Shu received help after they arrived, the first of the sheds were disinfected, and then the dead animals for dissection. Dissection revealed no hemorrhage dead chicken trachea, lung, stomach and other organs no significant pathological changes, only a small amount found in the intestinal coccidia.

Veterinary station staff said, according to the inspection, which can exclude a class of infectious bird flu, and poultry may be a large number of chickens died of coccidiosis often lead to suffering. Subsequently, the veterinary station personnel matters of opinion is given, the surviving chickens antibiotics treatment, and enhanced with vitamins nutrition; buried dead chickens, and sound processing; isolation of the existing chicken. In addition, they suggested for disinfection of the sheds, and 24-hour surveillance.

Mr. Shu said that about 60 percent of the dead chickens appeared fibers bleeding, pus comb purple and swollen eyes, symptoms, and now no longer dare to sell the chickens alive, now he does not know how to do, can only stand and watch with more chickens died.

Author: Lu Tong source Jinling Evening News)
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