Chicken With Lame Leg

VIRAL INFECTIONS Viral arthritis.

Chicken with lame leg. Well all kind of chicken and chicks had same opportunity to infected by this disease but most case is found in broiler chicken. She will lose all muscle in her legs if she doesnt use them. One half of a baby aspirin.

If the limp went away that would let me know it was just a twisted ankle or pulled muscle. Lameness with swollen hocks is one clinical signs of viral arthritis. She has been growing spurs so I just assumed this was the issue.

Although a lot of factors affect the mortality rate of chicks baby chicks usually have a mortality of about 2-3. Mites burrow under the scales on your chickens legs causing them to be raised bleed and become infected. I havent look at the feet closely.

Exposure to Toxins. She is very lame and is walking on the front of her hock ankle. With kidney disease the nerve that goes to their legs passes through their kidneys and may be affected.

It has been this way for 3-4 days. Studies have shown that using strong antibiotics such as enrofloxacin in the prevention treatment and cure of disease. Eventually she damaged her hip and hobbled around for 6 weeks.

This is to suffocate the mites and allow the healing process to start. Broiler chicken is type of chicken that hashigh opportunity to be lame. Ill do all I can to help.