National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
This retrospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of common infectious disease that caused major mortality and economic loss in desi chicken farming in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu. Disease prevalence was studied in a total of 261 ailing or dead desi chicks that were presented for disease diagnosis to the Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Tirupurbetween 2017 to 2019.Majority of desi birds were affected by Newcastle disease (ND) (27.59%) followed by Fowl cholera (16.86), Aspergillosis (8.42 %), Colibacillosis (7.66%), Coccidiosis (7.66%), Fowl pox (7.66 %), Heat stress (6.89 %), Worm infestation (5.36%) Respiratory infection (3.83)and Nutritional deficiency (3.06 %). Death due to Lymphoidleukosis (1.92 %), infectious bursal disease (0.77%), Mycoplasma (0.77 %), gout (0.77%) and Pecking (0.77%), was very minimum. Birds in the age group of 9-18 weeks showed high prevalence (44.06 %) of disease followed by the young chicks in the age group of 0-8 weeks (40.23 %). Adult birds more than 18 weeks of age were the least affected (15.71 %) in this study. Similarly the diseases were recorded frequently during summer (40.61%) followed by rainy (31.80%) and winter season (27.59%).
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