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Other Names: Weak Chicks
Name | Summary | |
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Supportive care | Isolate the bird from the flock and place in a safe, comfortable, warm location (your own chicken "intensive care unit") with easy access to water and food. Limit stress. Call your veterinarian. | |
Antibiotics | Ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or chloramphenicol | |
Probiotics and prebiotics | Added to diet | H Al-Khalaifa et al., 2019; A Wolfenden et al., 2007 |
Thyme (Thymus vulgari) extract | 5 mg dried extract/mL (0.5% TVAE), | V Elmi et al., 2020 |
Tumeric (Curcuma longa) | 0.1% in the feed | D Hernandez-Patlan et al., 2019; K Varmuzova et al., 2015 |
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) | 0.5% of diet | K Divua et al., 2015 |
Fermenting feed | Helps chickens become less susceptible to Salmonella infection. | L Heres et al., 2003 |
Baicalin (Scutellaria baicalensis) extract | 100-200 mg/kg of diet | Cui, Xiao-Die, et al 2023; Wang, Xian, et al. 2022; Zhang, Ling, et al. 2021; F Yang et al., 2020; Z Wu et al.,2020; Y Zhou et al., 2019; B Yin et al., 2021; M Bao et al., 2022; Z Hu et al., 2022 |
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