Common Turkey Diseases & Problems You Should Know

火鸡s是在您的农场里饲养的好鸟。他们作为宠物也很好。但是火鸡有一些疾病和问题。它们就像其他家禽鸟，例如鸡，容易受到疾病和其他问题的影响。

Whether you raise turkeys as pets, for meat or as a breeding flock, you should be aware of turkey diseases and problems for avoiding losses and heartbreak of losing your flock.

火鸡Diseases and Problems

在这里，我们正在描述一些火鸡疾病和问题。适当的护理和预防方法将有助于防止这种火鸡疾病和其他健康问题。

Airsacculitis

Airsacculitis is a respiratory disease and it affects the air sacs of turkeys. Actually you can’t treat airsacculitis, but only prevent this disease.

该疾病的主要预防是确保从无疾病的孵化场购买海盗，该孵化场在其繁殖母鸡和toms中测试该疾病。

盗窃案甚至可以在出生之前就会患上这种疾病。因为该疾病是在卵中传播的。

Blackhead

黑头是鸡的常见疾病。它也会影响火鸡鸟，即使它不会引起鸡的症状。因此，您不应该一起饲养火鸡毛和小鸡。

And if you keep both chickens and turkeys, then ensure separate house for each birds. Never raise turkeys and chickens or any other poultry birds in the same house. And while selecting turkey house it will be better if you place it in such a location where chickens have not been before.

If you can’t keep your turkeys separate from chickens, then you can purchase some drugs and feed your turkeys for preventing blackhead.

食人族

食人族实际上不是一种疾病。这是土耳其羊群中的一个问题，在大多数其他家禽鸟中很常见。您可以通过给鸟类足够的生活和范围空间来停止食人族。

通常75到75英尺的空间将足够的enough for every 20 turkeys on range. Also ensure proper ventilation system inside their house. Because overheating can also cause cannibalism.

球虫病

球虫病is a common disease in turkeys that can cause diarrhea and lack of “thrift” or good growth in poults. You can use medicated feed containing drugs for preventing this disease. Always try to keep the litter dry and it is very important.

因为球虫病在肮脏和湿的垃圾中扩散并生长。让您的家务在八周龄的时候让您的外面进入牧场，并将栖息地移至房屋内的新鲜地面将有助于预防这种疾病。

You can also vaccinate your chicks against coccidiosis. In case of applying vaccination, you should not feed your birds with medicated feeds. Because feeding medicated feeds after applying vaccines will inactive the vaccine’s activity.

Predators

有一些动物和鸟类会伤害您的火鸡。为了确保鸟类快乐和安全，您必须防止掠食者。始终尝试为您的鸟提供栖息地。

This will not only keep them happy, but also keep them safe from predators who will have to climb to reach your birds (in the wild, turkeys roost very safely very high in trees).

您可以使栖息地越高，火鸡会感觉更安全。在您的火鸡笔上制作围栏，这将防止一些阻止掠食者。如果您可以用网覆盖篱笆的顶部，那就更好了。

防止火鸡疾病

Allowing your birds with fresh air and range, large pen with roosts, moving your bird’s roosts (if possible the house also) frequently to fresh ground etc. are some best ways for preventing turkey diseases.

Moving the roosts frequently to fresh ground will ensure the manure doesn’t pile up in one location. Provide your birds with nutritious foods, fresh and clean water and always take good care of them.

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