Wet Pox or Canker

[drmoorejr]

Hi,

I had a rooster infected with what I thought was CRD with Canker in his mouth. 4 days of Tylan50 he started to recover. After a few weeks with no symptoms he had to be culled because he had caughed up flesh that just hung from his mouth which looked like it was caused by a block salivary gland, and he was basically suffocating..

Another bird that I got from my father after he died in March (2021) started to show a sign of his right eye looking a bit watery. So I gave him 2 shots of Tylan50, a week later his mouth was full of the yellow cheesy matter that I did not notice the previous week. My daughter and I scraped out as much as we could. Now the question I have is this: Even as its been noted many times if the mouth stinks its Canker, its it possible that even with Wet Pox the bird can still have a stench in its mouth? Because I feel that while no documentation suggests this I am wonder if its been noted before. This is the rooster's third day with the severe illness, he ate scrambled eggs last night, but he breaths with his mouth open.

 

[azygous]

Canker is caused by pigeons swarming around the water where your chickens drink. Pox is caused by mosquitoes. You would see evidence in the way of having a presence of either mosquitoes or pigeons. That should help you narrow it down to one or the other. Maybe both if pigeons and mosquitoes are a nuisance.

The next thing is are you using the correct medication for this? Metronidazole is the med you want for canker.

 

[drmoorejr]

Canker is caused by pigeons swarming around the water where your chickens drink. Pox is caused by mosquitoes. You would see evidence in the way of having a presence of either mosquitoes or pigeons. That should help you narrow it down to one or the other. Maybe both if pigeons and mosquitoes are a nuisance.

The next thing is are you using the correct medication for this? Metronidazole is the med you want for canker.

I started Metronidazole ~250 a day Sunday evening. We do not have pigeons, but I have also read that Canker can spread via Hawks, which we have plenty in the area as well as many wild birds. We do live next to a swamp with plenty of mosquitoes. However its been very cold and no mosquitos since (Early) September.

 

[azygous]

You're probably dealing with canker. Pox would produce at least some external lesions around the beak and face.

Did you know there's a vaccine for fowl pox? It can be bought without a prescription and administered to your flock yourself very easily. I'd advise looking into that as you live so close to a mosquito breeding source.

 

[drmoorejr]

You're probably dealing with canker. Pox would produce at least some external lesions around the beak and face.

Did you know there's a vaccine for fowl pox? It can be bought without a prescription and administered to your flock yourself very easily. I'd advise looking into that as you live so close to a mosquito breeding source.

we plan on vaccinating in March. I am pretty sure there are no lesions on the face, I will look closer today after work.

 

[drmoorejr]

we plan on vaccinating in March. I am pretty sure there are no lesions on the face, I will look closer today after work.

I also want to add that while we do have a lot of hawks and wild birds, these particular gamecocks do not have their waters outside of the penned area and it seem doubful that a bird could have access their waters.