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       List of Chicken Diseases
       By: AdoptingChicks Date: March 5, 2012, 8:43 am
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       Four main types of chicken diseases are metabolic diseases,
       nutritional diseases, infectious diseases and parasitic
       diseases. These diseases affect the poultry industry and can be
       avoided by properly sanitizing the environment chickens live in
       and by feeding the chickens fresh food.
       Fatty Liver Syndrome
       Affecting hens by enlarging the hen's liver to cause the organ
       to become soft and susceptible to damage, fatty liver syndrome
       can cause death to a chicken by internal hemorrhaging. This
       metabolic chicken disease can be caused by calcium deficiency or
       high stress levels. Other causes of this disease can be related
       to the feed ingredient quality in the daily diet of the chicken.
       
       Avian Influenza
       Avian influenza has a 100 percent mortality rate with infected
       turkeys as well as chickens. Geese, ducks and swans usually
       carry the virus to chickens the infected bird comes into contact
       with. This deadly disease can quickly spread to all chickens in
       the same roost.
       
       Cage Layer Fatigue
       When a chicken comes down with the cage layer fatigue disease,
       the bird's bones will become soft, resulting in the chicken's
       inability to stand or walk. Associated with osteoporosis, cage
       layer fatigue usually affects caged laying hens. The chicken's
       bones become brittle. This disease can be caused by a lack of
       calcium in the chicken's system or by an inefficient diet.
       
       Fowl Pox
       Affecting all types of commercial poultry, including turkeys and
       chickens, fowl pox is a slow-spreading virus. Characterized by
       skin lesions that form over the chicken's beak and head area,
       this disease's dry form can also cause large scabs to form in
       the same area of the chicken. The wet form of this disease can
       cause plaque build-up in a chicken's respiratory tract, but fowl
       pox is not typically fatal.
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