ABOUT THE NC OUTBREAK

[scbirdfarm]

Here is another link everybody might be intrested in.

http://www.vetcareindia.com/CRD_mailer.htm

 

[speckledhen]

This is an argument for never buying started birds unless you are darn sure of their health status and disease history. Inconvenient? Yes, it is. Keeping a closed flock takes longer to get what you want because it involves hatching your own eggs or buying from established hatcheries and growing them out yourself. Even then, nothing is entirely foolproof, since some diseases can be passed through the egg, though not as many as are contracted through dander, etc.

 

[crazyhen]

Why the brush off when I just ask a question. Geepers I see questions all the time and they usually get a decent answer. Jean

 

[derby]

Jean,

Best I can tell, it is Infectious Laryngotracheitis.

Derby

 

[scbirdfarm]

Hey, Jean

here is a link that explains what LT is http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/poultry-health/laryngotracheitis.html

 

[scbirdfarm]

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Here is another link to ILT
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex2216?opendocument

 

[geareduplyn]

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I really don't know how to respond. This is a great site for getting information. The question should be specific. You just accepted the first answer that came up?

 

[Renee]

Thank you for posting the link to Infectious Laryngotracheitis.

I hope the outbreak is stopped quickly and that few birds are lost. My sympathies to everyone whose birds were affected by this.

 

[whatsup chickenbutt]

wow, Im not mentioning any names, but somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

And by the way, I wanted to know what ILT meant to, and after going to ask.com and getting to the 5th page and finding nothing that relates to chickens, I thought to myself, hey, I know, I will ask the question at backyardchickens.com. I bet somebody there will know, and they are always so kind and helpful.
Thanks to those of you who actually answered the question for us newbies.....

 

[the1much]

i still dont know what it is lol