Pasted Vent

Other Names

• cloacitis
• vent gleet


Organism or Mechanism

• In chicks: unknown
 • In hens: loss of muscle tone


Preventative Measures

• Keep chicks warm.


Management Treatments

• Carefully clean vent and douche with a strong solution of garlic.


Physical Treatments

• Give 1-tsp. bicarbonate of soda/quart of drinking water, repeat every 4-5 days, and follow by cleaning housing.
• Apply venetian red (red oxide of iron).
• Apply iodine on vent area.


Nutritional Treatments

• Give a laxative diet followed by garlic.

Herbal Treatments


Homeopathic Treatments

• For chicks give: Ipecauncha 3X alternated with Chamomilla 3X
• If discharge is bloody or white give Merc. Sub Cor 2X (8 pellets/pint water) or Ars. Iod 3X.
• Silicea
• Give Carbo veg.