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What is causing respiratory infection in your chicks and how to manage it

Kakamega Livestock chief officer Kelly Nelima and Handidi Women self-help group secretary Rosemary Mbalesi attends to chicks at Handidi in Shinyalu on August 28, 2019. [Benjamin Sakwa]

Dear Dr Messo,

I am an ardent reader of your weekly article in The Saturday Standard. As shared with you in the photos, my 41-days-old layer chicks developed a sickness that I cannot understand. They are sneezing and producing discharges from their nostrils. I have tried several antibiotics. They are not responding to the drugs. I’m worried that the disease may be fatal. I have vaccinated them fully. Now they are 55-days-old. Please advise.

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