Prevention and treatment of common diseases of pigeon Newcastle disease pigeon pox pigeon ascaris disease

In breeding, meat pigeons often lead to various diseases due to external or internal factors, some of which can be cured by themselves, while others must be treated with drugs.

Meat pigeon

1. Pigeon Newcastle disease: the epidemic period is long, the morbidity and mortality are high. In the early stage of the disease, the body temperature of the meat pigeon gradually increased, the coat was dishevelled, the wings drooped, the appetite decreased, the amount of drinking water increased, the eyes were closed, and a large amount of mucus flowed out of the mouth when lifting upside down. With the development of the disease, the sick pigeon shrank its head and closed its eyes, refused to move around, the whole body trembled obviously, and the feces turned yellowish green. In the later stage of the disease, the sick pigeon was paralyzed in both legs, could not stand, often crouched or lay on its side, the feces were green and thin and mushy, and finally died of exhaustion.

Prevention and treatment: strengthen feeding management to ensure that pigeon houses are clean and disinfected regularly; pigeons are vaccinated subcutaneously or intramuscularly with Ⅰ paramyxovirus inactivated vaccine, and the resistance can be obtained in about 1 day. For diseased pigeons, the spleen, liver, brain, kidney and other organs of fresh pigeons who died of Newcastle disease can be collected to prepare inactivated tissue vaccine for intramuscular injection.

2. Pigeon pox: caused by pigeon pox virus, seasonal. Pigeon pox is divided into three types, namely, skin type, diphtheria type (also known as mucous membrane type), mixed type. The skin type is blister or nodule on the skin that does not grow feathers, and then breaks down, forming acne scabs. The seriously ill pigeons had loss of appetite, difficulty breathing and elevated body temperature, and died within seven days after the onset of the disease. Diphtheria type occurs on the mucous membrane of the mouth, throat and eyes, and in severe cases, it affects the trachea and esophagus.

Prevention and treatment: strengthen feeding management, do a good job of pigeon house disinfection, in order to reduce mosquitoes and other blood-sucking insect bites, but also can be vaccinated. If the disease is more serious, the acne scab can be removed and iodine can be applied to the sore.

3. Pigeon ascariasis: intestinal parasitic disease caused by ascariasis and nematodes. The parasite lives in the small intestine of meat pigeons, absorbs nutrients and destroys the physiological function of the intestines, thus causing disease. Lightly infected meat pigeons are lethargic, prone to fatigue, muscular dysplasia, and like foreign bodies. Severe infection, weight loss, pale mucous membrane, poor feather growth, sometimes feces with blood and even Ascaris adults.

Prevention and treatment: clean up feces in time and avoid contact with meat pigeons as far as possible; levamidazole hydrochloride can be used for deworming, taking half a tablet per meat pigeon or 25mL per kilogram body weight, or piperidine repellent, 200~300mL per kilogram body weight for 2 days.