MaeM
Songster
- Dec 9, 2020
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Hello everyone, I have an IBV outbreak in my flock. There are no diagnostic tests available here, but I've had a team of vets at a local vet school study this issue and they've agreed it's most likely IBV, so that's what I'm going to call it.
I'm going to tell you how it's affected my flock so that you hopefully can tell me how to proceed from now on.
1st individual: In June 2022, Bianca got pneumonia with pulmonary edema. After one month of treatment with antibiotics and diuretics, she was left with lesions in her air sacs (visible in an X-ray) and tracheal stenosis.
She stopped laying eggs due to the illness, then laid soft-shelled eggs for a while, and now she lays deformed, fragile eggs (some of them break as soon as I grab them).
2nd individual: In October 2023, Ruby got a "double" prolapse (rectum + oviduct) with tenesmus. She required stitches to keep her insides in. As soon as the stitches were removed, she laid a lash egg and got another prolapse. They stitched her up again and was diagnosed with salpingitis after an ultrasound. Salpingitis led to oviduct atrophy, then a perforation, and she ovulated in her abdominal cavity (coelum), leading to egg yolk peritonitis. Post mortem the vets found internal eggs.
3rd individual: In November 2023, Mabelo died in the nest box unexpectedly. He was a healthy boy although now that I've thought about it, I've seen him sneeze a couple of times, and occasionally he got watery eyes.
4th and 5th individual: I noticed that Eris and Callia aren't laying any eggs and it's spring here.
In summary: I don't care about the eggs at this point, but I know it's not a good sign that 3-year-old hens aren't laying any eggs or are laying deformed eggs. The vets don't seem to know what to do, as there is no treatment for IBV, but I'm afraid of complications.
What would you recommend? What would you do if these were your pets?
I'm going to tell you how it's affected my flock so that you hopefully can tell me how to proceed from now on.
1st individual: In June 2022, Bianca got pneumonia with pulmonary edema. After one month of treatment with antibiotics and diuretics, she was left with lesions in her air sacs (visible in an X-ray) and tracheal stenosis.
She stopped laying eggs due to the illness, then laid soft-shelled eggs for a while, and now she lays deformed, fragile eggs (some of them break as soon as I grab them).
2nd individual: In October 2023, Ruby got a "double" prolapse (rectum + oviduct) with tenesmus. She required stitches to keep her insides in. As soon as the stitches were removed, she laid a lash egg and got another prolapse. They stitched her up again and was diagnosed with salpingitis after an ultrasound. Salpingitis led to oviduct atrophy, then a perforation, and she ovulated in her abdominal cavity (coelum), leading to egg yolk peritonitis. Post mortem the vets found internal eggs.
3rd individual: In November 2023, Mabelo died in the nest box unexpectedly. He was a healthy boy although now that I've thought about it, I've seen him sneeze a couple of times, and occasionally he got watery eyes.
4th and 5th individual: I noticed that Eris and Callia aren't laying any eggs and it's spring here.
In summary: I don't care about the eggs at this point, but I know it's not a good sign that 3-year-old hens aren't laying any eggs or are laying deformed eggs. The vets don't seem to know what to do, as there is no treatment for IBV, but I'm afraid of complications.
What would you recommend? What would you do if these were your pets?
