Paratyphoid

Other Names

• weak chick


Organism or Mechanism

Salmonella gallinarum bacteria


Preventative Measures

• Practice good management by controlling rodent vectors.
• Give apple cider vinegar in drinking water and increase acidity of feed with organic acids.
• Use competitive exclusion products such as Aviguard, Broilact probiotic.
• Obtain chicks from disease-free flocks.
• Do not mix disease free stock with poultry of unknown disease status.
• Use feeds without contamination.
• Reduce contact with wild birds.
• Avoid surface water as a source of drinking water.
• Ensure proper disposal of dead birds.


Management Treatments

• Add formic acid (calcium formate) to feed to ensure a low pH in the gut and control bacterial contamination of wet feed (2kg-4kg per ton).
• Move to new ground.

Physical Treatments
 
Nutritional Treatments

• Give apple cider vinegar in drinking water and increase acidity of feed with organic acids.

Herbal Treatments

• Fast birds then feed garlic, 1/2 tsp. lemon juice diluted with sage tea 2X daily.
• Also add finely chopped rue and/or sage to a bran/molasses mash.

Homeopathic Treatments