Serositis is a high-incidence and serious disease in broiler duck breeding, which will cause great harm to the growth of broiler ducks. When the disease occurs severely, it will lead to the appearance of large batches of ducks, causing huge losses to farmers. Therefore, it is very important to understand the symptoms and methods of serositis in meat ducks, which is conducive to our timely detection of sick ducks and taking measures to control the development of the disease.
1.Symptoms of serositis in meat ducks
The incubation period for infectious serositis is generally 1 to 3 days and can reach up to 7 days.
The most acute form is infection within 1 to 2 days, so ducks die when no special symptoms appear.
Sick ducks infected with subacute ** have sticky discharge from the eyes, which will stick to the feathers around the eyes;Sick ducks also have sticky secretions from their noses, which can clog their nostrils when they dry out, causing them to sneeze and cough mildly. In addition, the sick duck will have the problem of diarrhea, and there are obvious neurological symptoms: walking swaying, mouth to the ground, crooked neck, back neck, soft legs, etc., and finally the sick duck will convulsions to death.
2.** of serositis in meat ducks
Drugs** are an important method of prevention and treatment of the disease. The use of a variety of antibiotics combined with sulfonamides** has a certain prevention and treatment effect on the disease. However, because Pasteurella aformis is more likely to develop drug resistance, it is best to use antimicrobial susceptibility tests to screen for highly sensitive drugs before taking drugs, and pay attention to the alternating use of drugs. Specifically, the drugs that can be used are: florfenicol, doxycycline, etc.
It should be noted that** meat duck serositis we need to consider the harm of the agent to the duck liver and kidney, we recommend using traditional Chinese medicine with low resistance antibiotics, such as: Jiangan Swordsman + Enrofloxacin, **.
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