🐔 Diseases & Remedies
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Newcastle Disease (ND)
🐔 All Poultry
Symptoms: Coughing, sneezing, greenish diarrhea, twisted neck, high mortality
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Neem, Moringa, Bitter leaf, Pawpaw leaves
💊 Vaccines/Meds: La Sota & HB1 vaccines
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccinate on day 7 and 21. Good biosecurity.
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Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro)
🐔 Young Chicks
Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, swollen bursa, sudden death
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera, Turmeric, Garlic, Moringa
💊 Vaccines/Meds: Gumboro vaccine, Electrolytes
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccinate at day 14 and 28
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Coccidiosis
🐔 Broilers & Layers
Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, weakness, poor growth, hunched posture
🌿 Herbs: Bitter leaf, Neem, Pawpaw leaves, Garlic, Guava leaves
💊 Meds: Amprolium, Toltrazuril, Embazin, Coxi-Plus
🛡️ Prevention: Clean litter, avoid wet floor
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Fowl Pox
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Warts/scabs on comb, wattles and mouth
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera gel, Honey on lesions, Garlic
💊 Vaccines/Meds: Fowl Pox vaccine + Antibiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccinate and control mosquitoes
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Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD)
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Sneezing, nasal discharge, swollen face, coughing
🌿 Herbs: Eucalyptus, Ginger, Garlic, Neem
💊 Meds: Enrofloxacin, Doxycycline, Tylosin
🛡️ Prevention: Good ventilation, reduce dust
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Infectious Coryza
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Swollen wattles/face, foul nasal discharge
🌿 Herbs: Ginger + Garlic water, Scent leaf
💊 Meds: Erythromycin, Sulphonamides
🛡️ Prevention: Biosecurity and vaccination
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Marek's Disease
🐔 Young birds
Symptoms: Leg paralysis, tumors, blindness
🌿 Herbs: Supportive - Moringa, Garlic
💊 Prevention: Marek’s vaccine at hatchery
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccinate day-old chicks
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Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS)
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Sudden drop in egg production, soft-shelled eggs
🌿 Herbs: Moringa + Vitamin rich herbs
💊 Vaccines/Meds: EDS vaccine + Multivitamins
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccinate before lay
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Fowl Cholera
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Greenish diarrhea, swollen wattles, sudden death
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Neem
💊 Meds: Sulphonamides, Oxytetracycline
🛡️ Prevention: Rodent control + vaccination
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Infectious Bronchitis
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Coughing, sneezing, drop in egg production
🌿 Herbs: Ginger, Garlic
💊 Vaccines/Meds: IB vaccine + Antibiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccination and ventilation
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Fowl Typhoid
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: White diarrhea, lethargy, high mortality
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Turmeric
💊 Meds: Amoxicillin, Gentamicin
🛡️ Prevention: Biosecurity
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: High mortality, swollen head, cyanosis
🌿 Herbs: Supportive only
💊 Action: Report to veterinary officer immediately
🛡️ Prevention: Strict biosecurity
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Internal Parasites (Worms)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Weight loss, pale comb, diarrhea
🌿 Herbs: Neem, Pumpkin seeds, Pawpaw seeds, Moringa
💊 Meds: Levamisole, Albendazole, Piperazine
🛡️ Prevention: Regular deworming every 3 months
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External Parasites (Lice & Mites)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Itching, feather loss, anemia
🌿 Herbs: Neem oil, Garlic spray
💊 Meds: Ivermectin, Permethrin dust
🛡️ Prevention: Regular dusting of house
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Necrotic Enteritis
🐔 Broilers
Symptoms: Bloody diarrhea, sudden death
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Oregano, Turmeric
💊 Meds: Antibiotics + Probiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Avoid sudden feed changes
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Colibacillosis (E. coli)
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Airsacculitis, swollen hocks, diarrhea, poor growth
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Moringa, Bitter leaf
💊 Meds: Enrofloxacin, Gentamicin, Colistin
🛡️ Prevention: Clean water and good ventilation
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Heat Stress
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Panting, wings spread, reduced feed intake
🌿 Herbs: Moringa leaves, Electrolyte herbs
💊 Management: Vitamins + Electrolytes in water
🛡️ Prevention: Provide shade and cool water
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Cannibalism / Vent Pecking
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Pecking at vent, head or feathers, wounds
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera on wounds
💊 Management: Reduce light intensity, add protein
🛡️ Prevention: Avoid overcrowding
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Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT)
🐔 Layers & Broilers
Symptoms: Coughing with blood, gasping, swollen eyes
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Ginger
💊 Vaccines/Meds: ILT vaccine + Antibiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccination in high risk areas
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Mycotoxicosis (Mold Poisoning)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Poor growth, liver damage, reduced egg production
🌿 Herbs: Activated charcoal, Garlic
💊 Meds: Toxin binders
🛡️ Prevention: Use good quality feed, avoid damp storage
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Broiler Ascites
🐔 Fast-growing broilers
Symptoms: Swollen abdomen, breathing difficulty
🌿 Herbs: Reduce high energy feed
💊 Management: Better ventilation and lower protein
🛡️ Prevention: Controlled feeding
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Vent Gleet
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Foul smell from vent, inflamed cloaca
🌿 Herbs: Garlic + Aloe vera wash
💊 Meds: Antibiotics + Antifungals
🛡️ Prevention: Good hygiene
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Fatty Liver Syndrome
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Sudden death in obese birds
🌿 Herbs: Moringa + Reduce feed energy
💊 Meds: Choline + Multivitamins
🛡️ Prevention: Balanced diet
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Rickets (Vitamin D Deficiency)
🐔 Growing birds
Symptoms: Soft bones, leg deformities, poor growth
🌿 Herbs: Moringa leaves
💊 Meds: Vitamin D3 + Calcium
🛡️ Prevention: Proper lighting and feed
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Salmonellosis
🐔 All Poultry
Symptoms: White diarrhea, lethargy, swollen joints
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Turmeric, Bitter leaf
💊 Meds: Enrofloxacin, Colistin
🛡️ Prevention: Clean eggs and biosecurity
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Sour Crop
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Swollen crop, bad smell, regurgitation
🌿 Herbs: Apple cider vinegar water
💊 Meds: Antifungals + Probiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Avoid wet feed
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Ranikhet Disease
🐔 All Poultry
Symptoms: Same as Newcastle Disease
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Neem, Red pepper
💊 Vaccines: La Sota, Komarov
🛡️ Prevention: Regular vaccination
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Inclusion Body Hepatitis
🐔 Broilers
Symptoms: Sudden mortality, pale liver
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Moringa
💊 Prevention: Vaccination + Biosecurity
🛡️ Prevention: Good management
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Egg Bound / Vent Prolapse
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Protruding vent, egg stuck
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera lubrication
💊 Management: Calcium + Manual assistance if needed
🛡️ Prevention: Proper calcium in feed
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Hydropericardium Syndrome (Angara Disease)
🐔 Broilers
Symptoms: Sudden death, swollen heart with fluid
🌿 Herbs: Supportive care
💊 Prevention: Vaccination
🛡️ Prevention: Good biosecurity
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Gout
🐔 Broilers & Layers
Symptoms: Swollen joints, white chalky deposits
🌿 Herbs: Reduce protein intake
💊 Management: Electrolytes + Allopurinol
🛡️ Prevention: Balanced feed
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Botulism
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Paralysis, drooping head, neck weakness
🌿 Herbs: Supportive care
💊 Management: Remove spoiled feed
🛡️ Prevention: Avoid rotten feed
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Chicken Infectious Anemia
🐔 Young chicks
Symptoms: Pale birds, anemia, immunosuppression
🌿 Herbs: Moringa, Bitter leaf
💊 Prevention: Biosecurity
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccination of breeders
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Aspergillosis
🐔 Chicks
Symptoms: Respiratory distress, gasping
🌿 Herbs: Eucalyptus steam
💊 Management: Improve ventilation
🛡️ Prevention: Clean litter, avoid moldy bedding
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Pullorum Disease
🐔 Chicks
Symptoms: White pasty diarrhea, high mortality
🌿 Herbs: Garlic, Turmeric
💊 Meds: Antibiotics
🛡️ Prevention: Test breeding stock
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Avian Encephalomyelitis
🐔 Young chicks
Symptoms: Tremors, loss of coordination
🌿 Herbs: Supportive care
💊 Prevention: Vaccinate breeders
🛡️ Prevention: Vaccination of parent stock
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Nutritional Deficiency (General)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Poor growth, low egg production
🌿 Herbs: Moringa, Bitter leaf
💊 Meds: Multivitamins + Minerals
🛡️ Prevention: Balanced feed
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Prolapsed Cloaca
🐔 Layers
Symptoms: Protruding red mass from vent
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera + Sugar water
💊 Management: Clean and push back gently
🛡️ Prevention: Good calcium level
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Bumblefoot
🐔 All ages
Symptoms: Swollen foot with black scab
🌿 Herbs: Turmeric + Aloe vera
💊 Treatment: Clean and apply antibiotic
🛡️ Prevention: Clean dry litter
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Freeze Injury (Harmattan)
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Frostbite on comb and wattles
🌿 Herbs: Aloe vera gel
💊 Management: Warm environment
🛡️ Prevention: Provide shelter in cold season
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General Weakness / Emaciation
🐔 All poultry
Symptoms: Thin birds, low activity
🌿 Herbs: Moringa, Garlic, Bitter leaf
💊 Meds: Multivitamins + Deworming
🛡️ Prevention: Balanced nutrition
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📅 Vaccination Schedule
- Day 1: Marek’s + IBD
- Day 7-10: Newcastle (La Sota)
- Day 14-21: Newcastle booster + Fowl Pox
- Layers: EDS, IB, Newcastle boosters every 3 months
🚨 Emergency Contacts
Full Joy Farms: +234 803 726 7380 (WhatsApp)
State Vet Office: Contact your local veterinary officer