High rate of mortality of chickens in Syria because of illness Newcastle

High rate of mortality of chickens in Syria because of illness Newcastle



Date of article: 11/24/2011




Recently increased mortality rate of the domestic chicken after being Newcastle disease, and emphasized the veterinarian Chief, Division of poultry Mohammed Qanbar the primary cause of infection in migratory birds carrying the virus, which in turn degrades the poultry feed and the movement of the causative agent of plague-like chicken Newcastle.

For his part, Director of Animal Health thin Abdulkarim Ali, a number of ways to be followed in the event of such cases of poultry deaths, including phase-art of the dead birds and poultry waste and firm application of biosecurity measures through sterilization and application of the vaccine is approved for poultry in a poultry hatcheries and rural areas.

Indicating the Baath newspaper that the Directorate of Animal Health started to deliver vaccine to Newcastle daily instead of weekly cases and mortality in poultry hatcheries in the private and public figure because of the regular vaccination and the inability of migratory birds from entering into an Hncarat chicken.

The increased mortality of chickens adversely affect the prices of chicken and eggs.