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Chicken's Broken Leg

Published: March 13, 2015
By: Analabs Limited

What can be the cause of chickens to brake the knee joint? I have 100 birds that have died...

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 Dr. Gregus Zoltan
Phytobiotics
13 de marzo de 2015

What percentage are these 100 chicks from total? If this percentage is high, check the mineral supply. I guess you have broilers - can it be that they are growing too fast?
Maybe they are jumping from some high racks and the skeleton is not strong enough to tolerate the impact.
If you are sure that there is no physical reasons, check the diet, speak to your neighbors (maybe some of them have experience with this) etc.

Could you please give more details about your problem?

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Muhammad Salman Akram
Sis chemicals
15 de marzo de 2015
Weak bones are the reason. Chk the feed quility interms of minerals
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 Dr. Gregus Zoltan
Phytobiotics
16 de marzo de 2015

Please check the just in Engormix published aticle:

Interaction between Phytase and Calcium Source, Concentration and Particle Size on Broiler Performance and Skeletal Integrity

Here you can find some Information about the skeletal and leg health.

Best regards and hope you find soon a solution to have a healthy chicks.

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Analabs Limited
Analabs Laboratory Ltd
16 de marzo de 2015

We have done aflatoxins tests on the feeds and the results were 8.6ppb bacterial culture had no significant growth. the strange thing was that rapture of the knee. These are layers not broilers strange that is only one leg is affected

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 Dr. Gregus Zoltan
Phytobiotics
17 de marzo de 2015
Sorry not to be able to help you more. But try to contact with your chicks provider etc. Maybe is it an isolated case, or maybe not. Any how your chicks provider should know about this problem. Best Regards and hope you find soon a solution.
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Analabs Limited
Analabs Laboratory Ltd
17 de marzo de 2015
Thanks for your help apparently the chicken are still dying with the same problem the mortality is about 50 in day in flock of 70,000. I have another question what causes peritonitis in layers chicken
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 Dr. Gregus Zoltan
Phytobiotics
17 de marzo de 2015
Escherichia coli (APEC)-induced egg peritonitis in layer chickens Reverse movement of albumen and Escherichia coli bacteria from the oviduct into the Abdomen. With Management of body weight and uniformity, reproductive development (ovary follicle growth and maturation), and drinking water sanitation are the best preventive strategies. Do not know much about this issue. Check Internet - there are many Information about this Problem. Best Regards
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Andrew Sivaram
7 de abril de 2015
I would suspect the cause of your problem to be a form of osteoporosis. Are you able to provide the levels of Calcium, Available Phosphorus, Vitamin D3 and Choline Chloride in your feed? The source of inorganic phosphates used in the feed also needs investigation.
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Shawna McCollom
18 de diciembre de 2015
could it be from something as simple as the handler being to rough when it is being handled by the legs - when the system produces eggs and the nutrition isn't balanced and they are kept in cages preventing exercise which also causes weak muscle will also effect/cause weak bones - when you grab them by the leg and the bone is already weak it will break easier
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