Occurrence of various disease conditions and their pathology in Kadaknath chickens

Abstract

Kadaknath rearing is a profitable business because of its high-quality, nutritiously enriched meat. Diseases undeniably has influence to convert profits into losses. To manage the condition, it is vital to study the disease pattern of certain area along with their pathological aspect altogether. It helps to make an effective plan for prevention and control of diseases. Present paper targets the same point. This is the eleven months postmortem study in which we performed necropsy of total 421 Kadaknath chickens. Disease diagnosis has been made based on gross, microscopic lesions, cultural characteristics of the isolated microorganisms and by microscopic examination of intestine scraping. Pathological conditions that we recorded during the study period are as follows. Coccidiosis, enteritis, tapeworm infection, pneumonia and some cases with the indicative lesions of Newcastle disease.