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Diseases

Disease of the Digestive tract:     Salmonellosis (Paratyphoid):

Pathogen:

Given the right conditions, the bacterium can remain infective in the environment for 1 year or more.

Salmonellae are spread by:   Inhalation of dust containing the pathogen - Contaminated feed (insects, mice, rats) - dirty feed troughs and water bowls - mating - transmission from the hen to the egg - feeding the nestlings with infected crop milk and billing.

Chronic Carriers:

Pigeons that appear healthy after surviving salmonella infection, but shed the pathogen at irregular intervals and thus pose a risk to the current flock and their progeny.  

Clinical signs:

Acute form:   (mainly affects young pigeons) Enteritis with pulpy, mucoid, greenish droppings, once organs (liver, kidneys, spleen) have been infected, there is growth retardation, emaciation and death.

Embryos infected with salmonellae frequently die in ovo or during the first few days of life.

Chronic form:   (mainly affects adult pigeons) Inflammation causes a thickening of the joints, especially the elbow joint, wing or leg lameness, disorders of balance and torsion of the neck.

Recognition of the Disease:

Bacteriological examination of faecal and/or organ samples. An antibiogram is performed to determine which medication is suitable for treatment purposes.

Similar conditions:

Paramyxovirus infection, Ornithosis, Coccidiosis, worm infestation, organ form of Trichomoniasis.

Treatment:

Upon appearance of the symptoms described, treatment with Chloramphenicol-N should be started immediately. In some cases it is necessary to change the treatment to Ampicillin-T when the results of the bacteriological examination and antibiogram become available.

You may also treat with Furazolidon Plus capsules which works very well if this is your drug of choice.

To treat with Furazolidon Plus capsules, give 1 capsule a day for 7-10 days. At the end of this regiment give liviferm capsules 1 a day for 2 -3 days following the Furazolidon Plus treatment.

Most of the time it is better to treat the entire flock rather than individual birds.

Cull severely affected pigeons before beginning the treatment since it is unlikely that they can be cured.

Treatment plan for Chloramphenicol-N.

Treatment plan for Ampicillin T