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Each year several millions of turkeys are lost through diseases and infections. Young turkeys are especially susceptible to diseases because their immune systems are not well developed. This makes mortality in poults quite higher than in adult turkeys.  Diseases remain one of the critical topics in the poultry industry at large. Some diseases are non-fatal while others are deadly and can even be transmitted to humans.


Early detection of disease and proper diagnosis can make a lot of difference. It must however be stressed that an absolute diagnosis can only be made after a visit to the vet. Using only symptoms may confuse you because of the similarities in the symptomatic signs of several of the diseases.


Having mentioned that, let us examine five of the deadliest diseases that affect turkeys. The list is however not in any particular order.


1.       LEUCOCYTOZOON INFECTION


i)        Description: Caused by a protozoan, the Leucocytozoon Infection is a dreaded disease with very high mortality rate in poults. Adult turkeys with matured immune system may recover from the infection. The disease attacks the internal organs of the animal and may lead to internal bleeding. Affected organs may have lesions on them which may cause other serious infections. The disease may also affect the blood of the infected bird. Leucocytozoon Infection may lead to sudden death in the infected bird.


ii)       Causes: The disease is caused by the bite of the black fly. Infection is a cycle which starts with a bite of an infected turkey by a black fly.Leucocytozoon smithi, which is the host specific to turkeys, is sucked up by the black fly after biting the infected turkey. The parasite later develops and when the fly bites another turkey, new infection takes place. The infection is only possible when the parasite matures in the black fly.


iii)     Incubation Period: The incubation period for the parasite is approximately 1 week. Mortality may occur between 7 and 20 days after the incubation period.


iv)     Symptoms: Some of the symptoms of the disease include

(1)    Listlessness

(2)    Loss of appetite

(3)    Excessive intake of water

(4)    Stunted growth

(5)    Coughing

(6)    Tracheal sound

(7)    Signs of depression

(    Lack of coordination

(9)    Tiredness

(10)Decreased egg production

(11)Decreased egg hatchability


v)      Diagnosis: The vet may screen the blood of the entire flock to detect the presence of Leucocytozoon smithi.


vi)     Prevention: Currently, only the black fly is known to transmit the disease through its bite.  Controlling the population of the insect may reduce the risk of infection. Black flies are common at locations with running water. Steps should be taken to prevent the invasion of the insect when the farm is located near such a place.


 In places where the population of the black fly cannot be controlled, preventive medication can be used to protect the flock.  Drug manufacturer, Merck, recommends that pyrimethamine (1 ppm) and sulfadimethoxine (10 ppm) added to the feed may be effective.


vii)   Treatment: There is no known effective treatment for the disease currently.

Read more at

http://turkeyview..com/2015/10/5-deadly-diseases-that-affect-turkeys.html?m=1

rastamouse:
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I checked out the story and it's intriguing. Saw that egg for the first time on your blog. Great picture

rastamouse:
Day 7 video


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Great job. Keep it up

Rastamouse

laz_inc: Flash! Ghana against Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. Nominated US development economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs. A statement written by Ghana’s Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and posted on Prof. Sachs’ website March 20, 2012 said “I am writing… to nominate Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs for the Presidency of the World Bank.” According to Dr Duffuor, in the statement, Professor Sachs has worked closely with the government of Ghana for many years to support our development efforts. Meanwhile Ghanian nominee for World Bank Head Jeffery Sachs is backing American candidate Jim Yong Kim.

http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2012/03/25/official-ghana-nominated-economist-jeffrey-sachs-for-world-bank-presidency/

Ghana is a sovereign nation...free to decide for itself. I still believe NOI will get there. A similar thing happened to Kofi Annan but he prevailed in the end.

mazaje: The concept of sin is completely subjective and varies from religion to religion. . .Its a sin to eat pork in islam while its not in christianity, some people consider polygamy a sin others do not. . .The 10 commandments is mostly a waste of time, the first 5 commandments are of no use to all of humanity, instead of those non sense laws like you should not enslave your fellow man, you should not commit pedophilia, genocide is wrong, you should not pollute your environment, etc should have been written instead of the nonsense about not taking the name of the lord in vain, resting on the sabbath, worshiping only one God or not boiling a baby goat in its mothers milk(part of the 10 commandments written after Moses destroyed the 1st 10 commandments). . .Lying is not always wrong, if i tell a lie to save a person's life it is not wrong, its only wrong when I lie to cheat. . .Stealing is not wrong when done to save a starving family, its only wrong when done out of greed and selfishness. . .The Egyptian book of the dead was written long before the bible and it also has laws like thou shall not steal, tell lies , etc. . .people sat down and made those laws. . .No God had any hand in it. . .Morality varies from society to society. . .There is no absolute moral value. . .You are yet to establish that fact. . .

Mazajel, I have been following your posts. You seem to have the heart ready to learn but your only challenge is that you need answers. My friend, GOD loves you and I will suggest you swallow your pride and be humble before your CREATOR. Ask HIM for the answers that you seek in life and HE will not withhold it from you.

When you have the answers, I know your life will be full of light and joy

The Dunkwa-on-Offin police in the Central Region have been working hard to unravel the mystery surrounding the sudden death in a pulpit at Dunkwa-On-Offin of 42 year-old Pastor Kwasi Agyare of the Christian Redemption Ministry International, Nsawam on February 14, this year.

A tiny snake about one-and-half feet, which allegedly rolled out of Pastor Agyare’s suit, after his death has fueled the rumour that it was a snake bite which might have killed him. The family is now accusing Pastor Prince Asiedu, a pastor of the same church at Dunkwa-on-Offin of using a ‘spiritual snake’ to kill their beloved ‘son’.

The rumour continued to gain credence when it was established that, the suit Pastor Agyare wore during the service was given to him by his host, Pastor Prince Asiedu who invited him to assist him to launch the crusade in the town.

A reliably family source, who pleaded anonymity, told The Spectator that Pastor Agyare who lives at Tantra Hill in Accra, left Accra for the funeral of his niece at Akrokerri, his home town a fortnight ago. The source said after the funeral, he received a phone call from Pastor Prince Asiedu to come over and assist him to organize a crusade at Dunkwa-on-Offin.

Pastor Akwasi Agyare arrived at Dunkwa-on-Offin on a Monday and joined the crusade as the guest preacher. The source said, while preaching the sermon, at about 9pm, Pastor Agyare collapsed and died instantly, in the pulpit.

When Pastor Agyare was rushed to the Dunkwa-on-Offin government hospital, he was said to have died long before they sent him there. The source said, the doctor on duty recommended that, the matter be reported to the police, because it was a coroner’s enquiry case. The case was consequently reported to the police, while Pastor Akwasi Agyare’s body was deposited in the morgue at Dunkwa-on-Offin.

The source further revealed that, during the one week celebration of Pastor Agyare’s death at Akrokerri, Pastor Prince Asiedu and other church members were chased with machetes and cudgels by the family. Pastor Agyare is survived by his wife, and a one-year-old baby boy.

When the Spectator contacted the Dunkwa-on-Offin Police Commander, Supt. W.O. Larbi on phone last Wednesday, he confirmed the story. He said not until a post mortem report was received by the police, the actual cause of the death could not be ascertained.

He said the docket on the case would be referred to the Attorney-General’s Department in Accra to decide if there is any foul play that caused the death of Pastor Agyare.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=233013

Thank you very much mum! The LORD will be proud of you and that is what really matters

OLAADEGBU: Are you also an intellectual schizophrenic?

My friend I will suggest that you ignore these guys. . . they need our prayers and not debate

tpia@:
op

you practice a very weird form of christianity, going by your posts.

i'd be careful if i were you- sometimes many things masquerade as spirituality when in reality they're something else. That might even require medical attention.


lord have mercy.

christians are warned to test every spirit because satan does disguise himself as an angel of light.

Sarcastic?

Sugardiva: Ive had an experience where i did something extremely errible, something i never thot i would ever do afta going thru a phase when i was very close to God. As believers we need to understand that when we are close to God and read the bible more that is when the devil attacks us heavily with temptation because we are doing the opposite of what he wants us to do and since we are not expecting it we fall. So when u feel u are getting ur christian life right, dont get relaxed expect temptaions so that wit d help of d Holy Spirit u can overcome. Its like to be forwarned is to be foreaarmed. What to do now. Confess ur sin to God. He WILL forgive u, after all u never do reach wetin David do with Bathseba. Then Confess to Ur wife and pray with all ur might that she finds grace to forgive u. Aftawards, go and sin no more!

Thank you very much my sis. I believe you understand me most on this. Forget about the atheists on this thread, but my fellow believers on this thread who are currently in right standing with the LORD, know that what Sugardiva said is the absolute truth. If you don't take heed, you will fall and be disgraced when you think you are closest to GOD.

As for me, I have moved on and I believe I have the forgiveness of GOD. I deserve any punishment for adultery that HE will give me because HIS judgment is always right. No matter what HE "throws" at me, HE will still be my loving FATHER and I will love HIM and worship HIM for the rest of my life. Although HE crush me, yet will I love HIM.

I will not allow the devil to celebrate this temporary setback so I refuse to live in self pity. The LORD has forgiven me and I am grateful.

Will I repeat the mistake? The answer is found in what I learnt from all this. I believed in myself to the extent that I thought I was untouchable. After what happened, I have realized that I am not better than the worst sinner but it is the grace of GOD that helps me out. I will never live a day without resting on HIS power and strength again.

Who knows why this happened to me? A "godly, self righteous guy" who had all the blessings of GOD and a beautiful wife? I believe as much as this was very bad (don't get me wrong, I am not trying to make any excuse), the LORD allowed it for my own good. Who knows where this "self-righteous and holier than thou" attitude would have led me?

I am now humbled and rather have pity on sinners, not being judgmental and all that. Guys, my GOD loves me. When HE slaps me with the left hand, to save me from self destruction, he pulls me back with HIS right hand to show HIS true love and willingness to admit me to HIS Kingdom.

Thank YOU LORD and from now on, I will never take another step without YOU. I am nothing without YOU LORD, save my weak soul!

they r very real...and destructive

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From the results, Ghana currently has download speeds of up to 5.14 Mbps, ranking it 73rd in the world. The country is closely followed by Kenya with 4.94 Mbps, Angola with 4.53 Mbps, Rwanda with 3.28 Mbps and Zimbabwe with 2.98 Mbps in that particular order.

Other African countries with the fastest broadband speed include South Africa with 2.98 Mbps, ranked 6th in Africa and 105th in the world; Libya with 2.94 Mbps, ranked 7th in Africa; Morocco with 2.77 Mbps, ranked 8th; Nigeria with 2.30 Mbps, ranked 9th in Africa and 129th in the world; and Tunisia ranked 10th with 2.12 Mbps.

http://techloy.com/2012/03/12/africa-top-broadband-speed/

Ptolomeus: It is not really a drink problem.
It is our friend Akwasi, was flirting with a girl ... Well, ended up in bed with the girl, but the problem is that his wife found out, and our friend Akwasi are looking to God to forgive him. He looks at the ideas of Darwin, in his own consciousness, everywhere ...
This, dear friend Akwasi explained in another thread ...
It's not a question of alcoholism, no ... is that the man is somewhat disturbed and afraid to go to hell ...
I already explained to him that Abraham, Solomon, David, Jacob, etc. all have been unfaithful and adulterous but were forgiven by God ...
Akwasi has misbehaved with his wife, so it is somewhat incoherent.

^^^Thanks bro. Help me in prayers

ROMEO AND JULIET?

Sometimes we can't help but think that there is no way GOD can forgive some of the things that we do. I am a Christian who is married to a Godly and virtuous woman. The LORD has been good to this family but I have done something very stupid which I think the LORD will look on me with disappointment.

About two weeks ago, my wife told me a revelation about me having an affair with two women. I was not in any relationship and because of the believe that I had that I was not fallible, I got complacent and treated it lightly.

Three days ago, the LORD gave me a revelation. In the revelation, I was having an affair with a lady and again, I ignored it and never even prayed against it because I believed I could not fall.

The next day, which was yesterday, I did the unthinkable. I slept with the very lady I saw in the dream and the way the thing happened is still a mystery to me. To make things worse, that was the very day that I had completed reading the Bible from cover to cover.

I prayed and cried to the LORD for forgiveness. I am just lost for words because just today, Thursday, I slept with another woman. Amazingly, that lady was one of the ladies my wife told me about.

This may sound dumb, but once again, I can say with all the little credibility left in me that I was caught by surprise. The shocking thing is that this lady told me about a dream that she had. Guess what, I was having sex with her!

All this seems like a dream and I can't believe my 'holy' life have come crashing down. I feel like crying but I believe that will be crocodile tears. I know there is only one way to this and that is to ask the ALMIGHTY to forgive me.

Please remember me in your prayers. I can't even bring myself to get on my knees to pray to the LORD. This is very very damaging to me.

Ptolomeus: You certainly want to test the existtencia of God.
For centuries, scientists have tried, religious and atheists ... without success.
But you have the great idea of thinking that proves the existence of God to have remorse ... Well, if you cut your finger bleed, and that does not prove the existence or nonexistence of god ... It's not that simplistic.
Neither Darwin has nothing to do with this topic ...
I think you are quite confused.

You did not get the post right. According to Darwin's natural selection nonsense, humans and of course the entire life forms on this planet adapted to what their environment threw at them. If the world has been throwing these hatred, bitterness, pain and wickedness, why then is our nature not changed to adapt to these wickedness?

Why do I still have a conscience that works perfectly in terms of convicting me. Why do terrorists cry when they suffer loss? Where did that tender emotion come from if you think your emotion is determined by the environment that you were raised?

This is a common sense!

I wish the 9ja security could deal with these guys. I would have suggested complete extermination for all the innocent blood that they have spilled.

Jenwitemi: Not exactly the best proof of God's existence, that. But i agree with you that there is a GOD.

I agree that it is not the best but it is certainly one of the best. How do you explain the conscience? I want it to be done vis-a-vis the fact that this world is filled with wickedness. According to Darwin, natural selection should mean that we should not have any regrets when we do something wrong

I did something horrible yesterday and today. Each time, my conscience kept pounding me. As I reflected on how my conscience was beating me, I realized that Darwin's nonsense cannot explain this. My fellow Christians, we are really privileged to come to the realization that GOD exist.

Let us continue to pray for those who have not come to that realization yet.

Your heart is more important to GOD than your actions. If indeed you really intended to hand the entire amount to GOD like you promised, then I believe HE is very proud of you. There is no need to worry.

Sorry about the armed robbers part.

I am confused. . . During the Lent, I fast and pray for forty days. That brings me close to GOD so what can be so wrong about that?

Thank YOU LORD and please forgive all my sins which are many

I was just wondering. . .who will take care of the children? Will you be the house-husband? Someone needs to take care of the house.