The UK must be the chicken fanciers heaven, they have magazine s, and all kinds of stuff for chickens Crowshall Veterinary Services 1 Crowshall Lane Attleborough Norfolk NR17 1AD Tel: +44 (0)1953 455454 Fax: +44 (0)1953 455661 Email: [email protected] The rally funny thing is it probably coast less to send to a lab there then to do it here. You can find a wide variety of chicken wire there, and additional wire ga.I am catching up, but in case this ordeal hasn't been answered, I found this...When I googled "yellow matter on chicken vent" the images were really yucky and DEFINATELY not what is going on with Lizzy. That BYC one I found was almost identical. She has really been a pretty good girl through all this indignity.
Spirochaetosis is a condition caused by a group of bacteria known as Brachyspira, a type of spirochaete.
Symptoms
The symptoms associated with spirochaetosis can include the following:
- failure to gain body weight
- egg production drops
- decreased body weight
- mild to moderate diarrhoea often yellow frothy
Diagnosis
- pasting of vents
- increased numbers of dirty eggs
- feed consumption can decrease
- more common on multi-age sites.
[COLOR=930E00]Crowshall Veterinary Services (01953 455454) offers advice on the diagnosis and control of a disease . Faeces sample will be needed.[/COLOR]
Treatment
The condition can be treated using antimicrobial therapy.
Treatments are limited to drinking water medications; licensed products include Tiamulin and Aureomycin (containing tiamulin and chlortetracycline, respectively), both of which do have a nil egg withdrawal period, during and after treatment.
[COLOR=AB461A]Prevention[/COLOR]
- Keep good hygiene.
- Fresh drinking water - Optimising litter quality and fly control are also important measures.
- Apple cider vinegar
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