A flock receiving good health security management is a delight, and a source of both pride and profit. Reduce exposure to disease organisms by proper sanitation and stress management. Increase bird resistance to disease by using recommended immunization procedures. Treat disease outbreaks with specific medications that are effective against the disease being treated. Diseases have consistently been a major limiting factor to profitable production.
Some diseases result from egg transmission or organisms through the use of infected breeder flocks.
Other diseases are brought into the poultry house by vectors like wild birds, rodents, parasites, and even the poultryman. Disease results when exposure combined with the virulence of an organism is greater than the resistance of the host. Disinfectants reduce the exposure time and number of organisms. Vaccines help build the natural resistance or immunity of the birds. Medications and drugs help battle the disease organisms after they have overwhelmed the birds' natural defenses.