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| DIFTERO SMALLPOX | |
| CAUSAL AGENT: | Borrelia columbae (virus) |
| INFECT: | By the water of drink, food, fecal material, dust, pricked of mosquito, wounds, etc. Youngsters are most susceptible. The adults rare time become sick. |
| SYMPTOMS: | Typical crust formation white yellowish, difficult to give off (blood ones), in eyes, nose, peak, toggle of the legs, mouth, throat, around the sewer. |
| TREATMENT: | To separate the excrescences and to apply dye topics of iodine. Give antibiotic and vitamins (mainly vitamin A) during 4-5 days. |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfection (iodine povidona) |
| IMMUNITY: | The cured pigeon acquires immunity for a lifetime. |
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| HERPESVIRUS Virus disease of recent appearance. There have been some cases in the Buenos Aires. |
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| ADENOVIRUS It is little what its known about this disease caused by a virus that has its preference by the devices of the lymphatic system (ganglia, bazo). Thats where its name comes from. |
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| SYMPTOMS: | During the breeding it is very common to observe the unequal growth of the youngsters. The frequent vomits are one of the symptoms most characteristic of the disease. |
| TREATMENT: | Homeopathic substances. |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfection of the pigeons. |
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| NEW CASTLE Or PARAMIXOVIRUS | |
| CAUSAL AGENT: | Bird Paramixovirus type 1 |
| SYMPTOMS: | 1 – Digestive upheavals: Virus – vicerotropo - Liquid Excrements —-> (as water) - Intense thirst (it can increase to 4-5 times the consumption) 2 – Nervous upheavals: - vírus neurotropo - Slight tremors of head. - Difficulty to peck grains (it affects the optical nerve). - Problems of balance: it falls for a side or back towards (pirouettes) - Torticolis: of 0º – 180 º - Problems in sight with discolouration of an eye. - Paralysis of a wing or the two. - Paralysis of a leg or the two. 3 – Breath upheavals (Vírus neumotropo) - Conjuntivitis, coriza, death rattle. (They are not frequent) |
| DIAGNOSE: | Laboratory, by examination of the blood. |
| TREATMENT: | To eliminate sick pigeons of small value. To isolate the pigeons that we want to treat. Reduce to normality the water consumption (50 cs per day). To fulfill the food trays or to give them to eat with a sleeve or syringe. To administer together: - Antibiotics (Tetraciclinas, enrofloxacina, etc.) - Amino acids - Vitamins - Levamisol (to stimulate the defenses). |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfecting of the loft. |
| VACCINATION: | a) Dead virus: or inactivated in watery solution. Intramuscular or subcutaneous. Immunity: a year COLOMBOVAC (Holland) b) Alive virus: Cepa B1 or La Sota. In the water of drink and by nasal or ocular drop. Immunity: 2 months. On the 4th day of applied the vaccine to the alive virus it is advisable to make the following recipe: - Levamisol: 1-2 days - Vitamins, Antibiotics and Amino acids: during 4-5 days. |
| IMPORTANT: | It is an obligation of the Fancier to denounce or to communicate to his society a bud of this disease in his loft, so that all the other people can take their own precautions. |
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| ORNITOSIS | |
| CAUSAL AGENT: | Clamidia |
| SYMPTOMS: | Similars to an influenza. Nasal and ocular secretion similar to the micoplasmosis diarrea—-> slow thinning —> death. |
| DIAGNOSE: | Laboratory (Stamp method) |
| TREATMENT: | Clortetraciclinas + Tilosina. |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Deep disinfection. |
| IMPORTANT: | EYE IS A ZOONOSE. |
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| MICOPLASMOSIS Microplasma – Microorganism halfway between a bacterium and a virus. Cured pigeons acquire immunity, however they happen to be carrying and transmitting the illness to the youngsters. This disease generally is associate to the ORNITOSIS. Many pigeons are carrying and the diseases appear after the effort of a difficult competition. |
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| CAUSAL AGENT: | Microplasma |
| SYMPTOMS: | Nasal, watery humid secretion and becomes sticky and mucous. Inside the mouth a gray, rough scab. Tongue and sticky palate. Very disagreeable breath (repulsive). Nose of dirty gray color. Very difficult breathing. Very strong noises at night. Very slow evolution. It is rare to have an generalised infection but when happens the diminishing of the defences (stress, the races, lack of hygiene, overpopulation etc.) can cause deaths. |
| DIAGNOSE: | Serológic examination of the antibodies of the attacked pigeons. |
| TREATMENT: | Tilosina (Tylla MR) ENROFLOXACINA. Administer it to 5 days consecutive |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Deep disinfection. Preventive treatments can be done in the weeks frees of races, and mainly after a hard one. |
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| CORIZA | |
| CAUSAL AGENT: | Hemophilus influenzae |
| SYMPTOMS: | Tears in both eyes at the same time. Swelling of the lacrimal coats (owl head). Slight nasal unloading (snot) |
| DIAGNOSE: | Bacteriological examination of nasal and ocular secretions. |
| TREATMENT: | Antibiotics – Vitamins. |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfecting (iodine povidona) |
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| PASTEURELOSIS Or COLERA It can attack a few pigeons, as thus also to provoke an epidemic. Normally it finishes in a fatal mode. The overpopulation and the lack of hygiene are of the more important causing factors. |
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| CAUSAL AGENT: | Pasteurella multocida |
| SYMPTOMS: | High fever 42 º – 43º C diarrea Death between 24 – 48 hs. |
| TREATMENT: | Tetraciclinas Enrofloxacina Vitaminas |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfecting (iodine povidona) |
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| SALMONELOSIS Or PARATIFOSIS Disease of youngsters that causes an early death without specific symptoms. The cured adult pigeon becomes into carriers and continue eliminating salmonellas, reason why it is preferable to eliminate them. When hatching they can transmit the disease through the pores of the rind of eggs |
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| CAUSAL AGENT: | Salmonella Typhimurium |
| TRANSMISSION: | Oral: By the food or the drinking water. Aerial: By inhalation of the dust. Ovarian: Of the ovary to the egg. |
| SYMPTOMS: 4 forms |
1 – Intestinal: diarrea with thick lees surrounded by snots, elements nondigested in dirty water of brown or green, and frothy color. Thickening of the sewer. Thinning. 2 – Articulte: of the internal goes to the blood and from there to the joints of greater movement (elbow). Fallen wing 3 – Organic: it attacks all the devices pronouncing itself with a short breath and general weakening. 4 – Nervous: it attacks the brain and the spinal marrow producing: - loss of balance - paralysis - tortícolis (similar to New Castle) |
| DIAGNOSE | Serologic, wich means the antibodies of the blood of the infected animals. |
| TREATMENT: | Antibiotics: - Tetraciclinas - Enrofloxacina - Furazolidona Minimum 15 days. |
| PROPHYLAXIS: | Cleaning and disinfecting (at least weekly) 1 – 2 days of antibiotics every 15 days Vitamins |
| IMPORTANT: | It is a ZOONOSE (it can infect the man by a very close contact). |
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