How to Prevent Exotic New Castle Disease

New castle disease virus is a highly contagious virus that affects all bird species easily. This disease is one of the most infectious diseases that infect birds everywhere. Unluckily, many birds infected with such disease die before they show any sign and symptoms. However, the death rate of unvaccinated poultry is very high and they need to be protected out of it. A few guidelines given below to protect your bird from the dangerous disease:

Prohibit unnecessary vehicles

Allow only the workers and vehicles that are useful and essential for your operation. Provide clean clothes for the employees and give them facility in which they can clean up and disinfect before and after in contact with poultry. Clean and make disinfect anything including the vehicle tires too before it entering and leaving the premises. Refrain from granting any outside service within your facility. Notice if they have make any contact with other poultry within the last twenty four hours. If you grant admission and entry in your area provide them clean shoes and clothes before let them enter.

Protect flocks from wild bird

You have to protect your flocks from any wild bird that try to nest in your poultry houses. They may want to feed with your bird and drink the same water. So, always keep the food and water covered for safety out come .Birds cannot fall out in to them. If the exotic new castle disease spread to them, it will infect your bird easily and quickly in no time.

Clean and disinfect bird’s house

Disinfect and clean you poultry houses when you think the time of replacing it. Do not bring any new and fresh bird for some weeks as the disease might affect them. Always bring all birds at one time and completely replace them with a new flock. Do not substitute small numbers of birds at one time. Some institutes about clarifying exotic new castle disease are popular. They carry these problems make understand the reasons of spreading such virus. Keep your bird disposal site outside the premises and control their movement from those places. Understand the carcasses and consider all carcasses carry virus.

Notice feather color

Notice the feathers and learn to observe the bird’s feather color is changed that brings infection quickly .New castle diseases are always infected in flocks. So, if you have notice any individual out of it, refrain immediately and let other stay safely. Avoid purchasing birds from out side area that you do have familiarity and never known about them. Ask to see certification when buying birds to make sure they are safe and have been legally imported or born .They are of good health. If certification is not available, do not purchase the bird. Later you might face such problems.

Know the symptoms

Find out the symptoms of exotic castle disease that includes respiratory problem such as sneezing and coughing, lethargy, loss of appetite and swelling of the faces. A change in the color of the legs may see and they stop giving eggs and stopping of production of malformed eggs. It is also seen that birds in the flock might started dying without showing any symptoms.