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Can fowl pox be deadly to chickens?

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Is fowl pox transferable to humans?

Humans do not get fowl pox. Fowl pox is a disease of birds (fowl). Chickenpox, oddly enough, is a disease of humans, not chickens. Fowl pox and chickenpox are not the same thing.


What is fowl pox?

Fowl pox is a viral infection that affects turkeys and chickens. It causes them to lose feathers and get lesions on the skin.


Can you get smallpox from chickens infected with fowl pox?

No. Chickenpox is species specific, meaning that humans get chickenpox.


Can humans get fowlpox?

Fowl pox is not transmissible to humans. Fowl Pox affects chickens, turkeys and other fowl. Fowl pox (dry form) forms small pustules on the combs or wattles, or maybe on around the mouth and face. Pustules can also occur on the legs. There is a wet form that can occur inside the mouth. The dry form pustules can be brownish or scabs. Most areas of Texas have wild bird populations that are infected. These infections easily spread from the wild into your flock from mosquitoes most times of the year. Vaccination for fowl pox is a good practice for show birds.


Can a chicken get people pox?

no,the chicken pox are not even caused by chickens. chickens cannot get this virus by any means!


What is a small fowl called?

cornish hens or miniature chickens.


How do you cure fowl pox without vaccines?

There is no cure or treatment for fowl pox. Prevention by vaccine, sanitation, and management practices are the only effective way to guard against this disease.


Are chickens rodents?

no, theyre fowl


What disease can chickens carry?

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What kind of illness do chickens get?

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What do you call a brood of?

Chickens and other fowl.


What word means pertaining to chickens and roosters?

Fowl.