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 |
The incidence of enteritis in chicken was assessed in two organized farms of Odisha over a period of one and half years from January 2016 to July 2017. Detailed information about the farms like location of the farms, genotype of birds, age of birds, mortality, and cause of death were collected and noted. Blood samples from 120 numbers of enteritis affected birds and 10 numbers of apparently healthy birds of the same flock were examined for hematological parameters. The incidence of enteritis was found to be 28% from the necropsy of birds from the two organized farms. It was concluded that prevalence of enteritis in different farms was more during rainy (57%) than summer (39%) and winter (19%) seasons. The prevalence of enteritis in birds of 0-14 week’s age group (51%) was more susceptible to the disease than older age groups (4%). The average values of total leucocytes count (thousands/ cubic mm) and heterophils (%) were significantly higher in the affected birds. It was revealed by etiological diagnosis of enteritis that E. coli has the highest involvement (80 %) than nonspecific causes (17%) and coccidiosis (3%).The antibiotic sensitivity test of avian colibacillosis showed highest sensitivity for Gentamicin.
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