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According to online surveys, 60-70% of raw materials in China are contaminated with mycotoxins. Mycotoxins pose a serious health risk to livestock and poultry, severely affecting the economic returns of farms. We know that corn accounts for approximately 60% of feed. It should be noted that cor…
I. Common Intestinal Diseases in Chicken Flocks During Summer and Autumn (I) Enteritis-type Escherichia coli Disease An infectious disease caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli, characterized by rapid spread and a high mortality rate. 1, Predisposing factors: In summe…
Recently, during market visits, I have helped customers deal with many problems in pullets. On post-mortem examination of pullets, oviduct blockage is encountered relatively often. Customers would rather forfeit their deposits than take these birds. This is because once oviduct blockage is foun…
Editor's note: While organizing past documents, we came across this article. Although opinions vary widely on proventriculitis and ventriculitis in chickens, comprehensive, valuable articles are rare. This article systematically describes the history and development of proventriculitis and vent…
Infectious synovitis in chickens, also known as infectious mycoplasmosis in chickens, is an infectious disease of chickens caused by Mycoplasma synoviae. Its main features are synovitis and tenosynovitis. I. Etiology Mycoplasma synoviae is similar to Mycoplasma gallisepticum i…
Fowlpox, also called avian pox, is a slowly spreading viral disease of chickens. It is characterized by proliferative nodular lesions or scabs on the head, comb, eyelids, and wattles (dry fowlpox), as well as diphtheritic yellow lesions in the mouth, esophagus, and upper trachea (wet fowlpox or…
Introduction: Many factors can cause abnormal egg production in laying hens, including physiological, nutritional, stress-related, and pathological factors. This article briefly describes abnormal egg production in laying hens caused by MS. I. Pathogen Mycoplasma Syno…
Chicken Escherichia coli disease is a common disease caused by Escherichia coli. It is characterized by a high incidence rate, a high mortality rate, and rapid transmission. The disease can occur throughout the year, but outbreaks are more frequent during hot, humid, and changeable weather, suc…
The harm caused by heat stress has become a widespread problem in poultry production today! Heat stress is the result of combined environmental factors, including air temperature, humidity, and wind speed, with temperature playing an important role. When the ambient temperature …
A common phenomenon during the process, and also a major factor in flock illness. Some people may ask: My poultry house temperature is kept very stable, there is no high ventilation, and no air is blowing directly on the chickens. So why do the chickens still get chilled and become ill? …
Fowlpox is an acute, highly contagious infectious disease caused by the fowlpox virus. It mainly affects the skin and oral mucosa of chickens, and occasionally affects both at the same time. It is characterized by pox lesions on areas of skin with no or few feathers and the formation o…
Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent infectious diseases. A vaccination is considered successful when it produces good antibody levels. However, after comparing antibody test results before and after vaccination in many customers’ flocks, our diagnostic laboratory found that antibod…
Report Overview Mr. Wang Xueqiang, Senior Vice President of Ningxia Xiaoming Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., holds an EMBA from Renmin University of China. He has extensive hands-on experience in the feeding and management of breeding chickens, technical management, …
Have you ever run into this situation when raising chickens?— The flock seems alert enough, but the droppings look wrong: either loose and shapeless, or in all sorts of colors—yellow, white, green, or black. Feed-like droppings, tomato-like droppings, and fish-gut-like droppings…
As the industry develops, large-scale poultry farming is becoming increasingly mature. This means farming businesses must improve their ability to withstand risks more quickly. This is especially true of disease prevention and control: it must be precise, accurate, and fast. Otherwise,…
Fowlpox is a highly contagious disease caused by avipoxvirus. Avipoxvirus belongs to the genus Avipoxvirus, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, family Poxviridae. The virus is abundant in lesions of the skin and mucous membranes and is highly resistant to environmental conditions. It can survive for se…
Fowlpox generally occurs more frequently in autumn. It is mainly transmitted through wounds in the skin and mucous membranes, and blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes can easily spread the disease. As autumn begins, sufficient attention should be paid to it. Treatment should mainly…
随着秋季气温持续降低，昼夜温差逐渐拉大，蛋鸡养殖迎来了呼吸道疾病的高发期，一旦防控不到位，极易引发连锁反应，造成重大经济损失。因此，提前做好呼吸道防护工作，是秋季蛋鸡养殖管理的重中之重。 一、秋季蛋鸡呼吸道疾病高发的原因 秋季蛋鸡呼吸道疾病高发，是环境、管理、病原…
Given current farming conditions and the scale of production, all of us poultry farmers attach great importance to vaccinating our flocks. However, in production practice, we have found that when different farmers use the same immunization program or the same vaccines, the flocks can show diffe…
Chicken mycoplasmosis is a disease that frequently occurs during layer farming. Mycoplasma infection is present in flocks at the vast majority of farms in China. Under normal circumstances, this disease does not cause obvious clinical signs, but it can break out when adverse stress factors occu…
Infectious bronchitis (IB) in chickens can occur throughout the year, but is more common during the cold autumn and winter seasons. During the key autumn disease-prevention period in 10 month, the day–night temperature difference increases, and the conflict between maintaining warmth and ventil…
Chicken mites are common external parasites in poultry. They mainly parasitize the feathers and skin of chickens and can occur throughout the year, with late spring and early summer being peak periods. Because awareness of parasite prevention is low and the harm they cause to production perform…
During the transition from winter to spring, the weather changes frequently, and chickens can become ill as external conditions change. When disease breaks out on a chicken farm, it can spread widely and have a major impact on farming operations. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of chicke…
Autumn is the season when respiratory problems are most common in broiler chicken farming. Because of the large temperature difference between day and night, broiler flocks are highly susceptible to cold-induced respiratory problems. At present, many potential stress factors in …
