Lin Yin remembered that Shen Hongyan and Lin Yubao had spent a huge sum of 10,000 yuan to purchase 3,000 chickens, and they were clamoring to sell them to make money, but now, their business has not started yet.
She hasn't made any money yet, so why is Shen Hongyan carrying so many chickens? To eat?
Lin Yin discovered that the chicken in Shen Hongyan's hand was held by its legs. It did not struggle at all and was very quiet, as if it was dead.
No, just dead.
Lin Yin saw that the chicken was clean outside and did not look like it had been killed.
She had five or six of them, all looking the same.
What's going on?
Before Lin Yin could think about it, Chen Hongyan had already walked away with the chicken.
This incident remained in Lin Yin's mind. Because it was related to chickens, Lin Yin had been paying attention to the chickens in her family.
Later it was discovered that there was indeed a big problem with the chickens. In the next two days, Lin Yin alone found five or six dead chickens. In addition, many other chickens were listless, unwilling to move, and had ruffled feathers.
Anyway, it doesn't look healthy at all.
Lin Yin is a doctor, but not a veterinarian, so she doesn't know much about animal diseases.
While at the Bai family clinic, Lin Yin asked Bai Zhiyuan.
"Brother, if it's not just one chicken, but a group of chickens that look unhealthy, is there something wrong with that?"
It’s not like Lin Yin had never seen chickens before. Other people’s chickens were very lively, but the chickens from Shen Hongyan’s looked too abnormal.
Bai Zhiyuan scratched the back of his head. He treated humans, not animals, and knew nothing about that.
"I don't know about that either, but my grandfather knows a lot of people. I remember he treated a chicken coop owner before. He should know about this."
Lin Yin nodded: "Then please ask for me."
"OK."
Bai Zhiyuan was very efficient. He brought back a book the next day after he promised Lin Yin.
"The uncle in the chicken coop was too busy to come over, so he gave me a chicken care manual. See if you can find the problem yourself. If you can't find it, I'll pay you another visit."
Lin Yin took the chicken-raising manual and sat there reading it carefully.
After looking for about two hours, Lin Yin finally found a brief description of the disease that was similar to that of Shen Hongyan's chickens.
They are listless, unwilling to move, and weak all over. Their feathers are ruffled, their eyes are closed and their necks are hunched. They stand alone and are unresponsive. Their heads are drooping or tucked under their wings, and their tail feathers are drooping. Their legs are slightly paralyzed. Their drooping crown is dark red or purple-black, and sometimes their heads are swollen. There is increased secretion in the mouth and nasal cavity, which often flows out of the mouth or nasal cavity. Sick chickens often shake their heads and swallow continuously. Sick chickens have difficulty breathing, stretching their heads and opening their mouths to breathe, and their gags are bloated and filled with mucus. They often pass yellow, green, and grayish-white, foul-smelling, loose feces. Hens' egg production decreases rapidly or stops after becoming ill. In the late stage of the disease, their body temperature drops below normal, and they die soon after. The mortality rate can reach over 90%.
The disease is fowl plague, an acute septicemic disease caused by a virus.
It usually develops in spring and autumn, is rapidly contagious, and has a high mortality rate. Its incubation period is 3 to 5 days. It is classified into three types: the most acute type, the acute type, and the chronic type.
The most acute type: The disease develops rapidly and lasts for a short time. The patient usually shows mental depression but no other characteristic symptoms and dies suddenly. This type is more common in the early stages of an epidemic and in young chickens.
The case at Shen Hongyan's home should be acute.
Seeing this, Lin Yin's face turned ugly.
Sure enough, there was something wrong with Shen Hongyan's family.
Lin Yin did not dare to delay and immediately returned to the village. The first thing she did was to find the village chief.
The village chief was helping his wife with housework at home, and was very surprised by Lin Yin's sudden visit.
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