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Did You Know?
Chicken  Pox is an infectious disease that has a chicken name, but has nothing to do with chicken! The scientific name for Chicken Pox is Varicella. It is spread through air and contact - with other people, not chicken. Symptoms include red itchy spots. How did this disease got the name Chicken Pox? There are three explanations:
1. people thought it was a mild form of small pox (chicken meant-weak)
2. skin looks like it was picked by the chicken beak
3. red spots look like chickpeas (type of vegetable)

Which one is correct?
You decide!



 Medicine

Just like all animals, chickens are affected by variety of diseases.
Some are common diseases found on farms, and some are rare mutate viruses that threaten the economy of the world. Some diseases carried by chicken and chicken products carry can spread to humans. This affects how we prepare and handle chicken.





Chickens can be valuable resources - right down to their waste! Chicken litter can be used as an excellent fertilizer. Here's how it can be used. Litter can be used to nurture and fertilize grass. Cows or other livestock eat the grass, which in turn gives you richer milk and better livestock productivity. You can sell the milk and make more money all because of - you guessed it - chicken litter!  There are many potential health risks, however. Chickens now transmit a wide variety of diseases. Check some of the diseases that affect humans and follow the safe handling procedures and biosecurity measures to stay safe.

Other farm animals may benefit from chicken litter - but watch out for the diseases!



Since chicken is an important economic staple, diseases that affect chicken affect us all. Just think about what has happened with a beef industry. An outbreak of mad cow disease was devastating. People panicked and stopped buying beef. Farms and jobs disappeared, and people lost an important source of food. Currently in the news you must have heard about Avian Flu, a terrible disease that spreads from chicken to human and causes flu that can kill? Will the Avian Flu become chicken's "mad cow"?  Understanding the diseases that affect chicken, can help us prevent them, treat them and save a very important industry that feeds many families.To do this we need to earn basic ways in which major chicken diseases spread, prevention methods, how to handle chicken and eggs, how to safely prepare chicken and how to recognize symptoms of this disease.