Help required My Silkie Hen is diagnosed with Newcastle disease

[fahad71c]

My silkie has been diagnosed Newcastle disease by a vet doctor
He told me she can't survive a day but it is been three days since and she is still alive and today she started eating again and looked much brighter, though she is coughing alot
I feel too heartbroken to see my silkie hen in this condition
I started giving her antibacterial medicine and vitamins
I just wanted to know weather she will survive or not

 

[iwiw60]

You should probably repost this at

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

Your post is under What Breed or Gender is This .. you will get better help there...best of luck and wishing you well...

 

[sourland]

To the best of my knowledge, Newcastle can only be diagnosed through the isolation of the virus from infected birds. Unless your veterinarian did this, he made a presumptive diagnosis based on symptoms. If your hen is responding to antibiotics, she has a bacterial infection (also serious) but most likely may not have Newcastle. Good luck at saving her, but realize that she may remain a carrier of whatever disease she is presently evidencing.