Chickens wheezing – symptoms to know

Wheezing is a very common disease in Chickens, especially in winter, when the weather is cold or after participating in matches. Without prompt treatment, the disease will progress rapidly. In a short time, the Chicken became weak and died.

You should pay attention to observe, learn the signs of the disease such as:

– For Broilers: The disease usually occurs when Chickens are 4 – 8 weeks old. Chickens have diarrhea with white and green stools combined with symptoms such as: decreased appetite, sinusitis, runny nose, poor appetite, swollen eyes, moodiness...

– For laying hens: The disease usually occurs when the weather changes suddenly, after vaccination, changing cages or cutting beaks. Some common symptoms such as runny nose, wheezing difficulty breathing, eating less, thinness, reduced egg production, low hatching rate ...

Causes of Chickens having difficulty breathing, wheezing

There are many causes of chicken wheezing. However, the most common cause is caused by a bacteria called Mycoplasma Galliseptium. When the weather changes suddenly, not fully vaccinated, poor nutrition… Mycoplasma will develop and cause disease.

Accordingly, Mycoplasma only lives for 1-3 days when out of the body. If in mucus, they last longer, about 4-5 days. In egg yolk alone, this bacteria has a life time of up to 18 days.

Some common routes of transmission are:

Infected chickens excrete bacteria into the air. In the same flock, when sharing food and breeding equipment, sick chickens will be a source of infection for healthy ones.

A very dangerous source of infection is infected chicken eggs. When a sick hen lays eggs, there will be soft disease in the eggs, causing the chicks to get sick.

– In case the chicken has recovered from the disease but is still carrying the infection, when conditions permit, Mycoplasma Galliseptium will break out and multiply rapidly, causing the chicken to get sick.

What medicine is given to wheezing chickens?

There are many ways to cure chicken wheezing. For those who raise competitive chickens or raise small animals, some folk remedies can be used such as garlic, betel leaves, etc.

However, the effectiveness of these methods is not high and the treatment is not thorough. When conditions are met, the disease is easy to recur. Moreover, the treatment time is long and takes a lot of time and effort. To treat effectively, definitively, quickly, it is necessary to use Western medicine.