How to treat cough and asthma of meat pigeon?

Clinical symptoms

The sick pigeon coughs and breathes more frequently. With breathing, the sound of blisters can be heard and mucus flows through the mouth. Mild fever and dyspnea, manifested as wheezing, even breathing with open mouth, cyanosis of oral mucosa, exhaling foul-smelling gas, the body is becoming so thin that it is unable to fly, some have dysentery; in some cases, there is also pneumocystitis. When this disease occurs, it often starts with bronchitis, and then gradually worsens and evolves into lobar pneumonia and even pulmonary gangrene. Seriously affected pigeons can also suffocate to death. The undead will develop chronic pneumonia, the course of the disease will be prolonged, and other diseases will follow.

Prevention and cure measures

In order to prevent this disease, we should pay attention to cleaning and hygiene and strengthen feeding and management. Do not allow pigeons to drink cold water or soft feed, and remove irritating gases from the pigeon house. In winter, we should pay attention to keep warm, especially pay attention to squab and young pigeon catch cold. The feed should be good and fresh to enhance the disease resistance of pigeons. Flight training should also be carried out step by step, so as not to make the pigeons too tired. Be careful not to let medicine or feed into the trachea and lungs when oral administration or artificial feeding. Sick pigeons can be treated with the following drugs:

① Keling (composed of almonds, Platycodon grandiflorum, Perilla, Pinellia ternata, licorice, borneol, etc.) is 10kg per packet for 3 days.

② penicillin or streptomycin every time each 50, 000 units, twice a day, even for several days, injection, but should pay attention to streptomycin allergic reaction, should be used with caution. Oral administration generally has no response.

③ kanamycin was injected intramuscularly in a dose of 40 000 units once a day for several days.

④ in the treatment at the same time, but also take vitamin C1 tablets, cod liver oil 1-2 drops, once a day for several days.

⑤ traditional Chinese medicine to cooperate with the treatment, the effect is better. Specific available: 10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 7 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 5 grams of ephedra, 7 grams of almonds, 7 grams of Pinellia ternata, 7 grams of loquat leaves, 4 grams of peppermint (lower), 4 grams of licorice, decoction for 10 adult pigeons, 1 dose a day for 3 days.