Postmortem of common diseases in poultry

1. COMMON DISEASES
AT FARM & THEIR
SOLUTIONS
Prepared by: Dr. Muhammad Umer Haider
Technical Lead & Business Development
DVM(Gold Medalist), Mphil. Pathology

2. Introduction
 Commercial Poultry in Pakistan was established in 1962.
 Present turnover of industry is more than 750 billion Pak rupees per annum
 It generates employment and income for about 1.5 million people.
 Growth rate is 10-12% per annum.
 Over 20000 Poultry farms across the country
 More than 1.2 billion broiler produced per anum.
 2250 million kg meat is produced per anum.
 Annual Table Egg production almost 18000 million per anum

3. Economic loss due Feeble management & Disease
 Cost of rearing a Broiler Chick
 1- Cost of chick = 20 Pkr (Suppose)
 2- Cost of feed per chick = 186 PKR
 3- Vaccination Cost per bird = 4 PKR
 4- Labour Cost
 5- Utilities
 6- Medicine cost = ?
 7- Dressing %age
 8- Poor FCR

4. 0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Ammonia
accumulation
Enteritis Coccidiosis Avian Influenza Infectious
Bronchitis
Mycoplasma Salmonella Newcastle
disease
E.coli Infectious Bursal
Disease
Mycotoxicosis Inclusion Body
Hepatitis
ANNUAL DISEASE PATTERN IN PUNJAB
January - March April - June July - September October - December

5. January - March
 Ammonia Accumulation

6. January-March
Avian Influenza(Viral disease-H9N2)

7. January-March
 Infectious Bronchitis(Viral-Corona virus)

8. January-March
Mycoplasma (Bacterial)

9. January-March
 New Castle Disease (Viral-Morbilli virus)

10. January-March
 Salmonellosis(Bacterial- S.gallinarum)

11. January-March
 Mycotoxicosis

12. April-June
 Infectious Bursal Disease(Viral-IBDV Birnaviridae)

13. April-June
 Collibacilosis (Bacterial-E-coli)

14. April-June
 Inclusion Body Hepatitis(Viral-Adenovirus)

15. July-August
 Necrotic Enteritis(Bacterial-Cl.perferengines)

16. July-August
 Coccidiosis (Protozoal- Eimeria)

18. Solution
 To protect your flock from such prevailing ailments following steps should
be followed strictly by every good and efficient farm manager:
 1- Implement Strict Biosecurity measures
 a) Use of highly effective and quality disinfectant like Zix Virox for Farm
disinfection, Foot dips & Aerial disinfection in presence of birds to mitigate
the entrance & transmission of viral, bacterial and protozoal agents.
 b) Strict the entry of non concerning persons at the farm premises
 Use of Zix Virox (Pakistan’s Fastest acting disinfectant) based on AHP virox
technology ensures the elimination of all viruses, bacteria,protozoa,fungus &
microrganisms in just 3-5mins.
 It’s Aerial spray prevents transmission of air born pathogens from bird to bird

19. Conti….
 2- Vaccine Schedule
 a) Follow efficient and effective vaccine schedule according to
the disease pattern & prevalence
 b) Select vaccines wisely keeping in view the strain & nature
of pathogen
 c) Farm manager should always be present & active during
administration of vaccines
 d) Never skip routine vaccines

20. Conti…
 3- Check and balance of feed quality
 a) Feed comprises 70-80% of the flocks total cost and
growth depends on it.
 b) Seasonal issues & Lack of good quality feed ingredients
should always kept in check to avoid the problem of
mycotoxins
 c) Nutritional supplementation should be provided
adequately on the basis of requirement fulfillment of the
birds
 Use of toxin binders specially yeast based with liver
protecting agents such as Fintox Pro Advance to mitigate
mycotoxins & a complete growth enhancing product
Liptosafe-L to enhance development

21. Conti…
 4- Gut Health management:
 a) Gut is one the most important part of a growing bird which
unfortunately is the most neglected portion when it comes to
poultry production.
 b) 70% of the immune system of the bird is in the gut which is
compromised directly with a weak tired gut.
 c) Digestion & Assimilation of high density protein diet takes
place in the gut which is just 65-75% at the current status of the
bird.
 Azix Plus Poultry Organic acid & organic salt, which enhances
digestion, boosts gut health and prevents growth of pathogenic
bacteria is a quality Prebiotic to use.

22. Conti…
 Gut problems are on going at the farm throughout the
flock which directly effect the production and to which
use of antibiotics is not the solution.
 Like the modern world, use of alternative sources to
enhance gut health & promote its microflora should be
adapted, use of Prebiotics(Organic acids, Yeast) &
Probiotics
 Galliprotect WS Probiotic has proved to be effective in
boosting gut health, improve microflora and prevent gut
damaging pathogenic bacteria.

23. Conti…
 5- Disease Management:
 a) Prevention of disease & Management of disease are two most important thing
for a good farm manager.
 b) After a disease attacks, to understand it’s nature and treatment plan decides the
fate of your flock.
 c) In case of viral outbreaks, use of good immunity boosting products such as
Immuno Booster should be used along with supportive multivitamins & anti-
stress. Use of Antibiotics during a viral outbreak should be avoided at all costs.
Use of Zix Virox spray inside the house on birds and outside premises to stop
further transmission.
 d) In case of bacterial disease, use of specific targeted Antibiotics should be done
to avoid antibiotic stress, i:e in case of CRD/CCRD Doxinyl should be used which
has 99.9% bioavalibity in liquid form and water soluble Lincomicina 150 to treat
Necrotic enteritis.