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Pseudo Membranous Typhlocolitis

Published: July 17, 2016
Source : adriaan olivier

Ostrich chicks affected between 4-14 days. Acute death - alert to depressed within 1 hour dead within another 1 hour. PM severe toxaemia with the pseudomembranous typhlocolitis. serosal petechia, mild splenomegally, no other significant lesions. Response to antibiotics vary tremendously from good to none at all. Antibiotics used:Tylosin/ Fosbac/ Enrofloxacin/ Sulfa's. If chicks are not better and condition reoccurs - usually with severe diarrhea, there is no response to any of the antibiotics. Culture

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Md. Zahid Hossain
17 de julio de 2016
may be necrotic enteritis. use Bacillus subtilis base probiotics in feed & acidifier in drinking water. if your country allow antibiotics then use Amoxycillin in water 5 days.
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