Articles and information about nervous system problems in poultry. Nutritional disorders and diseases such as Marek’s or Toxoplasmosis.
Probably one of the most common problems we see is Marek’s disease in small flocks of birds. It causes great distress as it is often seen in pullets between 12 and 20 weeks of age and will be fatal. The control of the disease is difficult and you need to have a …
A condition that sometimes, although not often occurs in domestic poultry is botulism. It has been seen in chickens, turkeys, pheasants and peafowl. However, for the backyard poultry keeper it should not represent too big a concern providing good standards of hygiene are kept.
Toxoplasmosis is quite rare. A laboratory test can identify it. It is usually kinder to dispatch birds with this condition because it usually ends in death anyway.
