Worms In Chickens: How To Treat, Medicines And Drugs

Infection of chickens with helminths can adversely affect the overall development of the economy, because layers begin to lay eggs worse, and chickens can grow slowly. Therefore, when the first parasitic symptoms appear, chickens should be given an anthelmintic medicine as soon as possible.

Content

• 1 Parasitic symptoms
• 2 Ways of infection
• 3 How to treat
• 4 Preventive measures
• 5 Folk recipes
• 6 Refusal of treatment

Parasitic symptoms

In order not to start the process of active spread of pathology, you need to carefully monitor the general condition of the birds in your farm. It is possible to suspect an infection with helminths by some symptoms.

Ascariasis in chickens is manifested:

• depletion of birds;
• adynamia of individuals;
• the appearance of stool disorders;
• the presence in the beak of a liquid that exudes a fetid odor;
• slowing down the development and growth of chickens.

Heterakydosis can be identified by:

• weakness;
• decreased appetite;
• malfunctions of the digestive function;
• weight loss in adult chickens;
• a decrease in the growth rate of chickens;
• decrease in the number of eggs laid.

The symptomatology of prostogonymiosis differs depending on the stage of the pathology.

1. The first stage is characterized by the fact that laying hens have malfunctions in the work of the body - they lay eggs either without a shell or in a thin shell.
2. The second stage is characterized by an enlarged abdominal region, the appearance of weakness and apathy, and a decrease in appetite.
3. At the last stage, the strongest thirst appears, diarrhea develops, the chicken does not move or barely moves, the temperature rises.

Infection routes

Chickens are infected with helminths in several ways. For housekeeping, this information is necessary to know, as it will help protect birds from worms.

1. Prostogonymiosis can be caught during free-range, when the chicken begins to peck at the pupae of dragonflies or their larvae

1. Ascariasis develops in birds after eating earthworms, contaminated food, or drinking from reservoirs with parasite larvae.
2. Heterakydosis infects chickens through contaminated feed and water. This usually happens free-range.

When choosing an area for walking birds, it is necessary to evaluate the environment. If there are dung heaps, garbage, slaughterhouses, dirty water bodies nearby, it is better to refuse such a walk, since these factors significantly increase the risk of developing helminthiasis.

How to treat

When the described symptoms appear, treatment should be started as soon as possible so that the parasites cannot cause significant damage to the farm.

How to treat worms in chickens? First of all, an individual with such symptoms is required to be shown to an experienced veterinarian who can make a diagnosis based on laboratory tests.

In case of heterokidosis and ascariasis, it is recommended to mix medications containing piperazine into the feed mixture. The dosage of the drug must be checked with the doctor. In most cases, 250 milligrams is prescribed for mature birds, and 100 for chickens. Medicines are also used, based on fenbendazole at a dosage of 0.005 grams per 1 individual. The course of therapy is 14 days.

Prostogonymiosis is well cured at the 1st stage of pathology; for this, carbon tetrachloride is used mixed with milk. The agent is prescribed in a specific dosage exclusively by a doctor. The solution is injected once.

Preventive measures

In order to protect chickens from worms, it is required to regularly carry out prevention of this pathology. It is necessary to regularly carry out deworming. When birds are found in an uncontrolled area, it is advised to carry out preventive treatments every 2.5 months.

If the chickens are kept in cages, deworming is required in the summer, namely in July. Prevention of prostogonimiasis consists in fencing birds from water bodies during the period of dragonfly swarming.

General preventive measures are:

• in observance of hygiene;
• in conducting regular preventive examinations of chickens;
• in compliance with the rules of feeding;
• cleaning with disinfection of equipment and places of keeping birds.

Folk recipes

There are also folk councils to help cure chickens from helminths. It is customary to worm birds with the following means:

• pomegranate seeds;
• garlic cloves;
• pumpkin seeds;
• walnuts;
• leeks;
• dried lingonberries;
• rose hips.

During the entire treatment, it is required to regularly clean the chicken coop with the use of disinfectants. Such activities are easier to perform if the floor of the hen house is made of concrete, and the flooring is made of tansy, and wormwood is also suitable for it. In the hen house, you should definitely use removable shoes.

Refusal of treatment

What will happen to the farm if treatment measures are not started on time? Some advanced stages of helminthiasis can cause death of the bird. With a milder course of the disease, it can:

• there is a loss of body weight by the chicken;
• decrease in the number of eggs laid;
• stop the growth of chickens;
• weakening the immunity of birds, which will provoke the development of other diseases;
• develop neurosis, toxicosis, and sometimes anemia develops, the walls of the small intestine are damaged;
• infect the entire poultry yard from one sick individual. This process takes place very quickly, since the eggs of helminths, released along with the droppings of an infected individual, end up in the environment, namely in food and water. Infected mixtures are consumed by healthy birds, becoming infected with helminths.