Rickets in young chicks

Infections causes imbalance of Ca,P&D3 as these nutrients r inter-related resulting to lameness,but infections lead to pathogenic conditions of specific organs as well as deficiency of other nutrients like Vit.A,B-Complex,Vit.C&Vit.E;so lot of care must be taken to treat d infection first followed by booster dose of Minerals & Vitamins until normalcy attains with Optimum Feed Consumption & Conversion.It is a vast subject as Chicks care is like our Baby care.--Dr.Bijoy Nanda

This sounds most probable reason because signs of spiking mortality syndrome are much similar to that case im discussing here... But still in that case, treatment remains concern ,as for spiking mortality syndrome,no specific effective treatment is present.

Hi, do you use any quinolone drug to your chickens esp. the first week of their age? For veterinary drug, we've learned that quinolone drug will interact with the magnesium ion, which is necessary for cartilage formation. Except for poultry, every animal's species vet will not give quinolone for the young animals. In addition to mineral error in your feed and fast-growing broiler, why don't you think about your medication?