Natural Medicines from Plants that help in the Treatment and Prevention of Various Poultry Diseases. Plant parts can be: Leaves, Bark, Seeds, Flowers or Fruits.
The importance of using herbal remedies:
• Easily available.
• It is easy to use.
• Low cost.
• They treat well if used properly.
• They are harmless.
C. Some Plants That Treat Chicken Diseases:
1. Neem (Leaves, Roots, Bark):
It treats the following diseases:
• Typhoid.
• Preventing diarrhea.
• Diarrhea.
• Reason.
• Ulcers.
2. Aloe vera:
Take 3-5 large leaves, chop them and soak them in 10 liters of water for 12 to 16 hours. Feed them to the chickens for 5 – 7 days. Discard any that are not used and make another batch after 12 hours.
This mixture can treat: • Kideri/Mdondo (Mdonde/Chikwemba/Kitoga/Chinoya/Sotoka) – should be taken before as a preventative measure. • Typhoid. • Coryza. • Fowl Cholera.
3. Euphorbia:
Take 3-5 large leaves, crush them, soak them in 10 liters of water for 12-16 hours, strain and feed them to the chickens. Discard what is not used and make another one. Mtakalang’onyo treats:
• Newcastle
• Smallpox. • Coccidiosis.
Treats swelling. Place the leaves of the blessed tree inside the banana leaves and then place them in the ashes of the fire, then rub the swollen area using the blessed tree leaves.
It contains vitamins A and C. Take two handfuls of leaves (two handfuls). Then crush them and put them in 10 liters of water and leave for 12-16 hours, filter and give to the chickens. Discard what is not used and make another one. Mlonge treats: • Flu. • Kidney disease – drink it before as a preventive measure • Fowl cholera. • Typhoid fever • Liver.
6. Confrere:
• Contains many minerals and vitamins. • Treats wounds and boils.
7. Ndulele (Dungurusi, Makonde, Tura/Ndula):
• Leaves treat worms. • Fruits treat ulcers.
Boil two cups of water in 6 liters until you have 1 liter left. Cool and then strain. Treats: Worms
Papaya Leaves Are Also a Medicine to Treat Any Kind of Diarrhea in Chickens
Preparation: Get one raw Papaya leaf and crush it until it is soft. Then mix it with two and a half liters of water. Use (for treatment) – Chickens should be given this water to drink, and should not be given any other water for drinking for at least four days or more.
– It is best to prepare new medicine every day so that the medicine does not spoil.
Use (as a preventive measure) – Even if chickens do not have diarrhea, if they are accustomed to drinking water containing crushed papaya leaves at least three times a week, they will be protected from many diseases. Another way to use Papaya: Preparation and Use – Take Papaya leaves and grind them to get 1 liter of its pulp. – Mix the pulp with 2 liters of rice bran. – You can add a little water and feed the sick chickens until they recover. If there are few chickens, prepare food that they can finish in one day so that it does not remain and spoil before they finish it.
9. Mango:
Two leaves,
Crush and boil in 6 liters of water until 1 liter remains.
Give them one day.
• Typhoid fever.
• Reason.
• Knee/Shoulder Protection.
10. End:
Boil the leaves or roots.
Guava treats:
• Stomach
• Sores and boils
11. Minyaa (Cactus):
This is a type with thick leaves – up to half a meter long and as wide as two palms.
11. Worms treat: (See if it burns or stings).
• Ulcers.
• Skin.
• Reproduction
12. Crazy Pepper:
[a]Crush a small amount then mix with water and give to the chickens to drink for a while.
It is said to help treat Mdondo (but early, before the disease sets in).
[b] Take 5 chili peppers, long or goat if you don’t have all of them, grind them and put them in 4 liters of water, give them after eating. Give them for 5 days _It treats all types of flu
13. Onion:
Treats Flu, Typhoid, Diarrhea with white stools
How to use: You crush it and then mix it in water, filter it with a strainer to remove fibers and impurities. The amount to give will depend on the number of chickens. This is the testimony of a farmer who used garlic for his chickens
“[“I used four onions, chopped them, then mixed them with one and a half glasses of water, the plastic ones, then filtered them and gave them to them with a spoon. Twice a day, I would hold them one by one and give them to make sure they all got the medicine. When I finished, I gave them vitamin water so they wouldn’t lose their appetite. If you give them well, you’ll see that they’re getting better in just two days.”]
Use Natural Medicines Before the Disease Has Become Serious
Remember that vaccination for chickens is important.
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