A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF LAYER DISEASES IN FENI DISTRICT

Abstract

The pattern of occurrences of poultry diseases in commercial layer farms was studied based on post mortem and other examination of 135 cases either dead or live birds during the period of 01.06.2009 to 31.12.2009 in the district of Feni one of the fastest growing poultry belt in Bangladesh. In the study highest number of cases of diseases found Salmonellosis(22.96%),Fowlcholera(15.56%),Colibacillosis(9.62%),Necroticenteritis(08.89%),IBD(08.89%),ND(08.15%),Coccidiosis(9.62%),Lymphoidleucosis(2.23%),EggPeritonitis(5.19%),Cannibalism(2.96%),Vitamin E deficiency(1.48%),and heat stroke(1.48%).it was very obvious from conducted study that all age groups of birds are susceptible to various diseases but the laying period is most vulnerable, and most mortality of chickens are caused by Salmonellosis, Colibacillosis, Fowl cholera, Infectious bursal disease, Newcastle disease and Necrotic enteritis which demand immediate attention for prevention and control for assuring the most progressive egg laying industry