Re: birds dying??

Toyboxloft wrote:

> hello all, i have lost a few birds in the past week??  no new birds in this
> loft in one year , birds seem a little thin and within a day or two they are
> gone?? any thoughts?? let me know thanks c ya bob
What sorts of symptoms are you seeing?

Boils on the joints?  Paratyphoid.  Bacterial, you need to get an 
antibiotic quickly.

Twisted necks?  PMV.  Viral.  Isolate any birds that look sick and then 
pray they get better.  PMV is like a super flu to a pigeon.  Can't be 
cured--antibiotics will only stop opportunistic bacteria from making 
things worse with a secondary infection.  If you don't vaccinate for 
PMV, you need to.  You can also vaccinate against Paratyphoid too.

What it sounds like you have is referred to as "going light" (I'm sure 
you've heard that term before).  The problem is that going light is a 
symptom of something else not a disease.  One thing that was suggested 
to me when birds are going light is to make sure they're wormed.  That 
was suggested to me by Joe Quinn so it's good advice.

If you have any decent sized university around you with a Vet Med 
program have a postmortem examination of the birds.  They may be able to 
tell you what killed them and therefore you'll be able to better 
determine a course of action to take.



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