Prevention and treatment of Colibacillosis

Father Didik

E-mail: bliedidik@gmail.com

My chicken farm was once attacked colibacillosis. What measures should be taken to prevent the disease? If it has been attacked, How is the proper treatment management?

 Answer:

Dear. Mr. Didik, thank you for the question. Diseases colibacillosis caused by bacteria Escherichia coli. These bacteria are resistant in the environment for 20-30 days. Disease transmission colibacillosis occurs vertically and horizontally. Vertical transmission occurs through the reproductive tract of the hen, that is, through infected ovaries or oviducts. The hatched eggs will then produce DOC contaminated with bacteria E. Coli infection in his intestines.

While horizontal transmission, one of them can be through contact with contaminated cage materials/equipment. Transmission usually occurs orally through rations / drinking water contaminated with feces containing E. Coli infection or through contaminated dust E. Coli infection. When inhaled by chickens, the bacteria will infect the respiratory tract of chickens. We need to know that many outbreak colibacillosis occurs due to low sanitation and cleanliness of the cage due to bacteria E. Coli infection it is very easy to pollute the environment of the cage. So as to prevent disease colibacillosis basically it needs seriousness. Measures to prevent disease colibacillosis among them:

• Colibacillosis (dyspnea, heart and liver covered by fibrin) can be transmitted from mother to chicks vertically, then the selection of DOC when before entering the cage, especially against DOC with a wet navel which will cause omphalitis.
• Sanitary cage (cage cleaned, washed and sprayed with Antisep or Medisep), restrict guests, prevent stray animals and other pets from entering the enclosure environment.
• Prevent litter before it becomes very dry and dusty by not installing litter too thick (thickness litter enough 8-12 cm).
• Set the air circulation in the cage well and clean the dust around the cage. Dust in the cage can contain 10⁵ – 10⁶ E. Bra - gram. Try to make the air change easily and the chicken feel comfortable.
• Disinfection of farm equipment (ration places, drinking places, etc.) , conducted via Medisep. Advance and reverse the disinfection schedule if the day coincides with the vaccination schedule.

• Do cleaning program taking antibiotics (Neo Meditril) at ages prone to cases colibacillosis.
• Check the quality of farm drinking water periodically to determine whether there is bacterial contamination coliform or E. Coli infection in the drinking water. Checking can be done during cage breaks, during the change of season, or when farmers will use new dug wells/drilled wells. As a precautionary measure, you should do regular testing of drinking water quality in laboratories such as MediLab.
• Before drinking water is sanitized, drain torn water and flush water pipes in advance to eliminate biofilm which is attached along the water installation channel. Materials used lifting biofilm at torn and the pipe is water cleaner/ hydrogen perioxide (H₂O₂) at a dose of 500 ml/25 liters of water. Drinking water hygiene should not be neglected in controlling colibacillosis. Give Desinsep or chlorine for drinking water sanitation. 

To deal with the disease, you can take the following actions:

1. First, do the selection on the chicken. Culling or reject chicks that have shown symptoms of severe illness because the cure rate is relatively small.
2. For chickens with mild attacks can be treated with antibiotics. Medications that can be used include Ampicol, Collimezyn, or Neo Meditril. In addition to drugs via drinking water, there is also a choice of drugs given by injection/injection, namely Gentamin, Vet Strep, or Neo Meditrile-I which can be chosen if the chicken has shown severe symptoms or is individual. Choose one of the drugs and give it according to the rules of use.
3. Giving multivitamins is also recommended to speed up the healing process of the disease and increase appetite. Products that can be given, for example Vita Stress or Fortevit. Give at night after treatment is complete.
4. Perform cleaning and disinfection of cage equipment using Antisep, Medisep or Neo Antisep to reduce the population of disease seeds, in this case the bacteria E. Coli infection in a stable environment.
5. It would be even better if the chicken drinking water is also sanitized using Desinsep or Medisep. After sanitizing, drinking water must first be settled for 6-8 hours before use to dissolve the drug.
6. Improve maintenance management by regulating cage density. Cleaning and replacement litter also regularly should be done. The higher the density of the chicken, the feces accumulate, and the absorption litter become limited. As a result, ammonia levels become higher and can trigger predisposing factors colibacillosis (respiratory infections).