Abstract

A CASE REPORT OF COLIBACILLOSIS IN A BROILER BIRD

Shahid Prawez*, Ajay Prakash, Ramadevi Nimanapalli, Priya Ranjan Kumar, Manish Kumar and Shafiqur Rahman

Abstract

Avian colibacillosis is one of the most common infectious diseases seen in poultry of all age group and usually found in young chick of up-to three weeks of age. It occurs in all poultry as well as in other birds and mammals. Colibacillosis is an important cause of mortality in poultry of younger age than older one (Kabir, 2010). Economically the disease is very important as it causes heavy mortality producing heavy economic loss (Otaki, 1995). Further it suppresses immune system of the chicks and makes them to get infection easily. Zoonotically the disease is very important as poultry meat is richest source of protein to human population of world (Ewers et al., 2003). Amongst poultry disease transmittable to human avian colibacillosis is of great concern. Antibiotics were used in poultry industry to promote the growth or control the susceptible microorganism resulting in tremendous risk of antibiotics resistance further aggravate the colibacillosis condition.

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