Kenya: Beware of 'Silent Pneumonia' in Chicken

Some poultry diseases are rare but when they occur, the farmer has no time to catch them in early stages when they can be treated. A common disease of that nature is aspergillosis.

Two weeks ago, I received WhatsApp photos of a cock that had been slaughtered because the owner from Kakamega said it had a strange disease. He had thought his family could eat the bird before it died.

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