Flock Health and Disease Control Measures
- Infectious disease is the major disturbance in poultry production.
- Prevention is better than curing.
- From the time of selecting chicks, healthy chicks from the disease-free regions must be selected.
- Clean and quality feed, water, feeders and drinkers must be kept.
- Chicken house sanitation must be carried out on a daily basis.
- Chicken health can be checked by monitoring the color and composition of chicken droppings while cleaning the chicken house.
- Chicken health can be monitored at the time of feeding and resting at perches.
- Chickens must be vaccinated regularly.