Possible Infectious Bronchitis

[IrishAcreFarm]

That can unfortunately take a few weeks for them to get back in the swing of things

 

[christie22701]

Well, a few weeks is better than a few months...

 

[cafarmgirl]

Keep in mind that the antibiotic's are NOT going to cure this disease so you won't necessarily see improvement after a couple days of meds. Poultry respiratory diseases are viral so antibiotic's won't cure them. The only reason for giving antibiotics is to stop or prevent the disease from morphing into pneumonia and secondary bacterial infections. But the disease itself still has to run it's course. I had IB go through my flock almost two years ago. I had one tested and that's how we found out it was IB. After the first bird got sick it was about a week before I saw more birds with symptoms but they all eventually came down with it in turn. Treated them all with oral antibiotic's, all recovered, but they each took about a week to get over it.

 

[christie22701]

I'm aware that they will always be carriers of the disease but the symptoms are supposed to go away and will usually only come back if the flock is stressed. I just hope I'm treating them for right thing or that what I'm giving them helps whatever they have if it isn't Coryza.

 

[MrsBachbach]

I'm aware that they will always be carriers of the disease but the symptoms are supposed to go away and will usually only come back if the flock is stressed. I just hope I'm treating them for right thing or that what I'm giving them helps whatever they have if it isn't Coryza.

I think cafarmgirl is talking about IB being viral. Coryza is caused by bacteria so what you are doing is fine.
Infectious Coryza is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus paragallinarum and is seen in many countries especially in multi-age farms that are never depopulated. Morbidity is high but mortality low if uncomplicated although it may be up to 20%.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/82/infectious-coryza

Coryza is the only respiratory disease that I have heard people say smells. This from more than one person or source, so I think it's a pretty safe bet that's what they have. You will notice on the above link that tetracyclines are not on the drug treatment list

 

[cafarmgirl]

I think cafarmgirl is talking about IB being viral. Coryza is caused by bacteria so what you are doing is fine.
Infectious Coryza is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus paragallinarum and is seen in many countries especially in multi-age farms that are never depopulated. Morbidity is high but mortality low if uncomplicated although it may be up to 20%.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/82/infectious-coryza

Coryza is the only respiratory disease that I have heard people say smells. This from more than one person or source, so I think it's a pretty safe bet that's what they have. You will notice on the above link that tetracyclines are not on the drug treatment list

Yes, I was intending my post to be in regards to IB and other viral respiratory diseases. Sorry, I'm not always as clear as I should be!

Either way, antibiotic's are a good thing since the viral stuff can induce pneumonia and infections.

 

[christie22701]

Today was day 3/5 of treatment. I am noticing a reduction to almost no foil smell of the nares. There is still some runny noses ans coughing and I have one that is still gurgling from the chest. Bt for the most part, for day three I'm impressed. I will,continue with treatment through day five then give them a week to check symptoms. Keeping my fingers crossed. But now I believe in have anoth problem. Lice,or mites. When ideas spreading the feathers to get to the skin I notices a few little orange bugs at the base of the feathers and they were definitely moving. The were only a few and I didn't knife them on all my birds. So I may have caught the problem early. I want to treat the problem right away. What do I get and what do I do with it?

 

[christie22701]

Sorry for the typos...I was half asleep...

 

[cafarmgirl]

You can dust them with Sevin or Garden and Poultry Dust commonly found at Tractor Supply. You will also need to strip and treat the coop. Spraying with Sevin is probably best for the coop since spray is easier to get into all the nooks and crannies where the bugs like to hide. You will need to re-treat birds and coop every 7 to 10 days until you stop seeing bugs. The dust/spray doesn't kill eggs and that is their hatch cycle. Miss just a few and they repopulate quickly. Good luck, sometimes it seems like it's one thing after the other!

 

[christie22701]

I only saw a couple on a one bird so I want to treat before the problem gets out of control. The other 11 I didn't see any but they were definitely some type of lice. A you know I have been treating them for Coryza so they were already upset about having been caught for the injection so I didn't want to fluster them further by inspecting them for parasites, but they're there. Just what I need. UGH. I'm on day four of the injections, one more day to go. The foul smell seems to have gone away. They still have the other symptoms. Will wait for the antibiotics to kick in full force.