Duck paralysis may be caused by diseases such as viral arthritis. When ducks get this disease, they will have local fever and have difficulty walking, so they can't walk at all. When the illness is serious, they will not be able to lie on the ground, resulting in paralysis. Or it is because ducks can't get enough nutrients such as calcium and phosphorus, which leads to poor bone growth in their legs and paralysis.
1. What is the cause of duck paralysis?
1, disease paralysis
(1) Ducks suffer from viral arthritis. At the onset of the disease, the joints of ducks will swell, causing local fever, difficulty in walking, lameness or complete inability to walk. In severe cases, ducks will not be able to lie on the ground, resulting in paralysis.
(2) Ducks suffering from some infectious diseases can also cause paralysis, such as infectious serositis, which is a disease with high incidence. When paralyzed, ducks will be depressed, unable to move (often unable to turn over) and have diarrhea.
(3) A duck's cold can also cause paralysis symptoms caused by leg paralysis, and a common duck plague can also cause this phenomenon. Ducks are inconvenient to move when they are sick, and they often can't afford to lie down in the later stage of illness, or they have the phenomenon of flapping their wings.
2. Nutritional paralysis
(1) Undernutrition or malnutrition is the main cause of duck paralysis, and the paralysis caused by nutritional problems generally has no obvious external characteristics.
(2) When feeding ducks, the proportion of calcium and phosphorus is unbalanced because the feed is too single, and the basis of duck bone growth and development is the need to absorb calcium and phosphorus. When the intake is insufficient, it will lead to bone diseases, which will eventually lead to paralysis of duck leg bones due to poor growth and inability to support weight, and even lead to duck death in severe cases.
(3) Vitamins and other nutrients are also very important for ducks. When ducks lack vitamins, they will have twisted soles and nervous disorders, which will lead to leg weakness and paralysis.
Second, how to prevent duck paralysis?
1, disease paralysis
(1) Do a good job in the hygiene of the duck house, disinfect the duck house regularly, and clean and disinfect the feeding utensils in time to prevent the breeding of germs.
(2) Vaccinate ducks against diseases to prevent them from being infected with diseases. If you have been infected with the disease, you should treat it with corresponding drugs in time.
2. Nutritional paralysis
(1) Adjust the feed structure. Don't feed ducks with the same feed, but feed them with various feeds reasonably, so that the nutrition of the feed can reach a balanced state.
(2) In the growth stage of ducks, it is necessary to supplement enough elements such as calcium and phosphorus, as well as some vitamins and other trace elements.