Canker metronidazole/ronidazole?

[Eggcessive]

Here are some good articles on canker (trichmoniasis: http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/canker

http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/digestive-problems/index.aspx

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/trichomonosis/overview-of-trichomonosis

 

[HealingHens]

@Eggcessive thank you sooo much for replying. I’ve been fretting. I have 50 hens, cleaned the waterer last night after reading all this info. I’ll leave her mouth be, ugh this sucks so much. Weather here has been awful but the Waterers are covered, possibly rat transference in the water? That’s been my battle in the run this fall

I will get the copper sulfate for rest of flock and see if I can get to vet or cull and do necropsy to determine the illness Monday. I do not want her to suffer so she may not make it to Monday for vet care. Thank you so much, I truly appreciate this forum

 

[HealingHens]

The links are most helpful we do have doves absolutely could be the thing
I have thyme tincture too that’s listed that I’ll give her today

Can I get that copper sulphate local you all think? Online it’s not going to get here for a week

So if the flock has already been exposed, then if she recovers well and they’ve all been exposed anyhow then seems like I should keep her still. ? Thoughts?

 

[HealingHens]

Ordered the Metronidazole and copper both will be here monday I hope
Thanks a bunch

 

[dawg53]

Breath smells like death= canker

 

[Eggcessive]

Let us know how it goes with her. Others here have dealt with canker before and would know much more than I about removing any tissue blocking her airway or throat. You could always separate her in a dog crate with her own food and water, but keep her with the others for company, which could help the spread. We all deal with diseases in our flocks differently. I would probably cull and get a necropsy for things like suspected canker or coryza in my own flock, but I will always make suggestions for medicines and treatment for those that cannot do that.

 

[dawg53]

If this is the only bird showing canker lesions, I'd cull it before it spreads to other birds.
This isnt like wet fowl pox where lesions can be removed to prevent suffocation.

 

[casportpony]

Whether it's canker, bacterial infection, wet pox, or cancer, I *always* removed the plaques. Some will bleed, some some won't, and some might bleed a lot, but none of the ones I treated loss enough blood for it to kill them. In the cases that weren't cancer, removing the plaques seemed to help them a lot.

 

[dawg53]

Whether it's canker, bacterial infection, wet pox, or cancer, I *always* removed the plaques. Some will bleed, some some won't, and some might bleed a lot, but none of the ones I treated loss enough blood for it to kill them. In the cases that weren't cancer, removing the plaques seemed to help them a lot.

Yes, only if the esophagus, trachea and crop arnt infected. Removing plaque does help because they breathe normally, no blockage at the windpipe and can eat and drink as well.
However, as infectious the diseases are...as Spock would say, "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

 

[casportpony]

"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."

True, but without knowing what's causing the plaques, culling seems a little extreme to me.