Abstract

A four-month-old white Silkie bird was brought to the Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Pookode with a complaint of lameness and inability to bear weight along with profuse watery diarrhoea for four days. The condition was tentatively diagnosed as Perosis due to mineral deficiency by general physical examination and from clinical signs. The bird was treated with a multi-mineral feed supplement for a period of one week and advised to feed a balanced poultry diet to prevent future recurrence.  The bird made an uneventful recovery after treatment.

Keywords : Silkie, Inability to bear weight, Perosis, Multi-mineral feed supplement