External and internal parasites: recognise, describe, prevent
Parasites do not kill overnight like Newcastle disease. They steal. They steal blood, nutrients, eggs, growth, a little every day, flock after flock, and the farmer gets used to mediocre results without understanding why. A technician knows how to see them before they become expensive: a cardboard trap under a perch, a handful of droppings turned over, a feather lifted. This lesson teaches you to recognise, to describe for the vet and to prevent. Never to treat: that is for the local vet to decide.
13 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006Lesson reserved for students following the steps
This lesson is part of Level 9 — Advanced health: understand, prevent, monitor. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 8 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
What you will learn
- ✓Recognise the most frequent external parasites in Côte d'Ivoire and their signs on the bird
- ✓Recognise intestinal worms and understand their cycle
- ✓Explain the coccidia cycle and the role of the litter
- ✓Describe an infestation for the vet and apply prevention measures