Geese are raised to obtain tasty juicy meat and quality fluff at minimal cost. The bird is unpretentious in food. She is able to digest bulk feeds with a high fiber content. Geese graze well on pastures, eating grass, which saves on feed. In winter, they willingly eat waste from the kitchen, chopped hay and root vegetables. However, even these unpretentious birds sometimes get sick, and it is important to know how to help them.

Conditions of detention

During seasonal rearing, birds are kept in wooden sheds or under a shed, provide free access to water and feed. With year-round maintenance, the room must be solid, protected from rodents, dampness and drafts. The straw or hay bedding should be changed after 2-3 days.

Important: before settling goslings, the dwelling must be disinfected.

Young growth in the early days is kept in a brooder or boxes, the temperature regime is about +30 degrees. Within three weeks, the temperature is gradually reduced to 22 degrees. By the month, the temperature should be natural.

Adult geese are hardy birds. Due to fat and warm plumage, they can withstand temperatures up to -15 degrees.

Goslings have white diarrhea: how to treat

Diarrhea in goslings is a frequent ailment, it requires urgent attention from a person. This could be a symptom of an infectious disease. Within three days, severe dehydration occurs, which leads to the death of the livestock.

Possible reasons:

  • Birds are completely dependent on the quality of food and water that humans give them. Therefore, the first reason must be sought in this.
  • Microorganisms and infections cause loose stools in birds.
  • Parasites;
  • Small room with poor ventilation.

A common infectious disease - pullorosis (white diarrhea) affects the internal organs. Goslings are susceptible to it, and if the disease is not detected in time, you can lose the entire herd.

Note:Pullorosis is contagious and is transmitted through eggs, litter, droppings in feed and water, and also through contact with sick birds.

Reasons for infection:

  • Inadequate sanitary conditions;
  • long-term transport of poultry;
  • lack of vitamins;
  • low air temperature.

Symptoms:

  • lethargy;
  • sleepy state;
  • loss of appetite;
  • the wings are down;
  • dirty, glued fluff near the cloaca;
  • paws wide apart;
  • white slimy or frothy feces in goslings.

Goose

Having identified the cause of white diarrhea in goslings, than treating it needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Sick birds are to be destroyed, conventionally healthy ones are treated. Antibiotics are used:

  • Biomycin;
  • Furazolidone;
  • Dibiomycin;
  • Biovit;
  • Terramycin;
  • Penicillin;
  • sulfonamide, nitrofuran preparations.

Medication Sulfadimezin 0.05-1% is given to birds, mixing in feed for 14 days. After three days, the course is repeated: the drug is added 0.1-0.2% to water.

After the birds are cured of pullorosis, the eggs from them are subject to disinfection, and the geese are periodically checked in special laboratories.

The immunity of little goslings cannot withstand various bacteria and infections. Medication prophylaxis sometimes does not work.

Important: determining the cause of the diarrhea will help the bird quickly and effectively.

The causes of the disease are different: infectious (caused by bacteria) and non-infectious (from environmental influences). Infectious diseases are the most dangerous for poultry.

To find out from what the geese are vilified and further treatment, it is worth:

  • inspect feeders and drinkers;
  • premises and territory where it lives, grass on pasture;
  • evaluate the quality of feed and water.

Whether the livestock will survive depends on the purposeful actions of the poultry farmer. During the identification of the source of the disease, the bird should be fed with high-quality food with vitamin supplements and given clean water. At the first symptoms of diarrhea, boiled potatoes are fed to the bird. The starch contained in it will ease the condition of babies. You can give chopped cabbage with bran. Finely chopped leaves of bird cherry are effective. Such a diet can be given for no more than two days.

Important: if the diarrhea persists within two days, the bird is most likely infected.

Liquid droppings can be the result of poisoning. If the pathology passes in an acute form, the death of the bird may occur. Poor-quality, moldy food, poisonous plants can contribute to this. In addition to the main symptom, additional symptoms may appear:

  • disorders of the nervous system;
  • suffocation;
  • convulsions;
  • salivation increases.

Additional Information: poisoning can be cured with herbal decoctions or vodka.

Folk remedies are temporary relief for the bird. They do not eliminate the identified infectious disease; a full course of medication is required. Strong antibiotics are used for no more than five days. The results of recovery should be visible on the first day of therapy.

How to give penicillin to goslings

The antibiotic Penicillin is used for diseases:

  • viral enteritis;
  • streptococcosis;
  • pasteurellosis.

The drug is diluted with novocaine 0.5% or water for injection and administered to goslings intramuscularly 50,000 U. per 1 kg of body weight. In addition to treatment, the drug is used for goslings in small doses to stimulate growth, immunity, to exclude gastrointestinal diseases, while reducing the waste of livestock by 4 times. Daily goslings should be given 5-10 mg of the drug mixed with feed for five days.

Note: for the medicine to be removed faster after an illness, the bird must be given a lot of water.

Prevention

It is easier to prevent diarrhea in goslings than to cure. Therefore, the prevention of the disease requires special attention.

The following rules must be followed:

  • Goslings should be kept in a warm, dry environment. Eliminate drafts. Clean regularly. Dry bedding required.
  • The keeping of adult birds and young stock should be separate.
  • Protect the bird from rodents by placing traps in places inaccessible to goslings.
  • A rug soaked in a disinfectant solution is placed at the entrance to the goose house. This will prevent the transmission of infections to the shoes.
  • When transferring birds to a more spacious room, the old place of residence is treated with caustic soda.
  • If several goslings are affected by the disease, it is necessary to isolate them from healthy ones to another room.
  • Regularly examine the young for the first signs of the disease, if detected, take action.

To prevent food poisoning, Biovit is added to the feed from 7 days of age. From 14 days - Paraform. From day 10 to 40 - Sodium Selinite. Be sure to add potassium permanganate to the drink, the solution should be pale pink.

Adding potassium permanganate to water

Goslings are fed a variety of foods. Be sure to control so that sour and moldy does not come across, this can also cause liquid droppings.

What to do if a goose is leaking liquid from its beak

Pasteurellosis (cholera) is a dangerous infectious disease that affects immature young goslings. Rodents are carriers of the infection. Spreading rapidly, it is transmitted through the air, through food and water. In cold and damp weather, favorable conditions are created for the development of the disease.

The infection affects all types of birds, goslings are especially susceptible to it. The incubation period of the disease lasts from 2 to 5 days. When infected with pasteurellosis, the first symptoms appear in the bird in a day:

  • weakness;
  • oppression;
  • refusal to eat;
  • drinks a lot;
  • flows from the beak;
  • impaired coordination of movements;
  • drowsy and apathetic;
  • ruffled feathers;
  • liquid droppings of a gray, yellow or green hue with bloody discharge.

At the last stage of the disease, weakening, they fall.

Additional Information: in a hyperacute course, an outwardly healthy bird dies suddenly.

Sick individuals are slaughtered. Goslings with the first symptoms are treated with sulfonamides and antibiotics. At the same time, the birds are given full-fledged food and the premises, drinkers and feeders are disinfected. Prevention: regular cleaning, cleaning and treatment of the premises with disinfectants.

Having figured out why the goslings vilify and die with what to treat, you can take timely measures and save the livestock from mortality.