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High severity Poultry · Disease

Coccidiosis

Affects: Chicken Turkey Quail

Coccidiosis - photo 1
Photo: Lucyin, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Symptoms

Chicks hunched and fluffed, not eating, with bloody or foamy droppings. Spreads fast in a warm wet brooder.

When it shows up

Brooding season - warm, damp spring and early summer when chicks are young.

Apr May Jun

Treatment

Amprolium in the water at the first sign; isolate sick birds and dry out the bedding.

Prevention

Keep bedding dry, do not overcrowd, use medicated starter or vaccinate, and clean waterers daily.

What you need

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