Q:
How to treat botulism in chicken?
A:
In general, avian botulism is a paralytic disease caused by ingestion of a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
When the chicken get botulism, it may have the following symptoms:
- tremors quickly progressing to paralysis of body, including difficultly breathing
- feathers pull out easily
- death in a few hours
How does poultry get botulism?
By eating or drinking botulism-infected food or water.
How to treat botulism in chicken?
- When you find the symptoms early, try 1 teaspoon Epsom salts dissolved in 1 ounce warm water dripped into crop several times a day.
- Antitoxin: available but expensive. Therefore, treatment with type-specific antitoxin is effective but not practical.
- Vaccine: none.
Therefore, it’s much more important to take preventions ahead of its occurrence.
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