Monitoring Chicken Infectious Diseases in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea

Introduction. One of the major goals set before the agro-industrial complex is to supply the population of the Russian Federation with the high-quality raw materials and products of animal husbandry. Therefore, poultry farms are implementing modern technologies of intensive poultry farming and carry out regular prophylactic work to ensure epizootological safety of poultry rearing. To make these measures effective, it is necessary to specify the diseases typical for poultry in different regions of the country. The aim of the research is to study and analyse the pathogens isolated from pathological material from chickens reared in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea for planning the effective anti-epizootic, preventive and therapeutic measures. Materials and Methods . The objects of the study were chickens from the poultry farms of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea and biological material from dead birds (pathological material). In total, 2018 samples were examined during the period of 2019–2023. The research was carried out using a range of methods (epizootological, clinical, pathoanatomical, bacteriological, serological) based on the commonly accepted techniques. Results. During a five-year research period, 5 pathogens of infectious diseases were isolated from the pathological material obtained from chickens reared in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea (E. coli, E. faecalis, St. aureus, Str. pneumoniaе, S. pullorum), both pure culture and mixed culture. 26 serotypes of E. coli pathogen were isolated from chickens. Whereas, percentage of escherichiosis detected in chickens in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea equaled to 41.43%; enterococcosis — to 26.51%; staphylococcal infection — to 18.11%; streptococcosis — to 12.29 %; salmonellosis — to 0.1%; mixed (escherichiosis and enterococcosis) infection — to 1.64%. Discussion and Conclusion . Based on the conducted monitoring, it can be concluded that at poultry farms of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygea the current situation with the infectious diseases in chickens has improved compared to that five years ago, however, the percentage of escherichiosis, streptococcosis, staphylococcosis and enterococcosis morbidity in poultry is still quite high. Therefore, we recommend the management of the farms to plan the antiepizootic measures aimed at timely prevention of the above mentioned infectious diseases.