Enteritis in ducklings

[Buck Oakes]

okay guys i have a big question one of my ducks have enteritis and she had four babies this year but didn't get sick till a month later, do the babies still have it and could they spread it to others?. and she didn't sit on the eggs, a brooder did and hatched 2 of them and i hatched the other two, is the brooder ok? also i heard that the enteritis can be a bacteria thing so what should i do?

 

[Amiga]

Did she survive?

From what I have read, there is a duck viral enteritis, not bacterial.

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/poultry/duck_viral_enteritis/overview_of_duck_viral_enteritis.html

 

[Buck Oakes]

Yep she's still alive she doesn't show symptoms anymore, but she's anemic now so i try to let her out in a big dog crate with out a bottom so she can get some sun and vitamin d , but is he still a carrier even if she got treated?

 

[Amiga]

I think they can become carriers - can you ask the vet?

 

[Buck Oakes]

i am, I'm getting to ask next weekend when some other of my birds are competing

 

[Amiga]

Good. There may be a test to be sure. Did they culture to determine the enteritis, or base it on symptoms? I keep trying to learn more about health issues.

 

[Buck Oakes]

no the guy that came to check on my ducks took one look at her and said, enteritis and i was like

 

[Amiga]

I was reading up on anemia in ducks, and sometimes it can be caused by capillary worms, or by zinc poisoning ( http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/mmissue30.htm )


You may want to look into that.


So you did not get medicine for her, then, she just got herself through it? That must have been tough...

 

[Buck Oakes]

No I got medicine for her that's how she got better, and i used liquid penicillin to help break down the bacteria that was aiding the virus, which in turn no bacteria no virus, but I still need to get some sulmet