🐔⚠️ FOWL POX ALERT! ⚠️🐔🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (Don’t confuse it with chicken pox in humans!) Did you know? 🍭 Chicken pox (varicella) affects humans but not chicken. 🍭Fowl pox is a serious viral disease that affects poultry — NOT humans! 🚨 How fowl pox spreads: 🦟 Mosquito bites (major carrier, especially in rainy seasons). 🐔 Contact with infected birds. 🧑‍🌾 Contaminated equipment or farm workers. 🐓 Forms of fowl pox: i) Dry pox (cutaneous): pimples/warts on comb, wattles, eyelids & beak. ii) Wet pox (diphtheric): Sores inside mouth/throat – DEADLY! 🔍 Signs to watch:💥 ✅ Pimple-like swellings on comb & wattles. ✅ Swollen, sealed eyes with pus. ✅ Dullness & loss of appetite. ❗ Why outbreaks increase now:? 🌧️ Rainy season = more stagnant water = more mosquitoes. 🚚 Festivities (e.g. Christmas) = increased transport of birds = faster disease spread. 💥 Prevention = BIOSECURITY: ✅ Vaccinate at 3 weeks & repeat at 6 weeks (especially in endemic areas). ✅ Control mosquitoes (drain stagnant water, clear bushes). ✅ Restrict visitors to your farm. ✅ Proper sanitation, fencing & carcass disposal. ✅ Always quarantine new birds before mixing with your flock. ⚠️ Remember: FOWL POX HAS NO CURE💯 . Only prevention & supportive care can help. During outbreaks, vaccinate only healthy birds. Always consult a qualified vet. Kindly be alerted to protect your flocks this rainy season. Check the image illustration below 👇👇