Canker metronidazole/ronidazole?

[dawg53]

The concern is that if the lesions are located only in the mouth, infectious protozoa could infect the outside of the tube while sliding it down the esophagus, then infecting the esophagus and perhaps the crop as well. If there were treatment going on, metronidazole or copper sulfate, it might not be an issue but something to consider.

 

[casportpony]

The concern is that if the lesions are located only in the mouth, infectious protozoa could infect the outside of the tube while sliding it down the esophagus, then infecting the esophagus and perhaps the crop as well. If there were treatment going on, metronidazole or copper sulfate, it might not be an issue but something to consider.

But wouldn't said protozoa be swallowed in saliva?

 

[dawg53]

But wouldn't said protozoa be swallowed in saliva?

Would it not infect the mouth first?

 

[dawg53]

Contaminated water could infect other organs.
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/trichomonosis/overview-of-trichomonosis

 

[casportpony]

Would it not infect the mouth first?

I'm confused... the bird has plaques in it mouth already, so anything that goes in the mouth (water, food, saliva) could carry whatever it is into the crop.

 

[casportpony]

Contaminated water could infect other organs.
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/trichomonosis/overview-of-trichomonosis

What I get from reading that is other organs can be affected.

 

[dawg53]

Ok, I see your point. Birds with lesions rarely eat and drink because they cant swallow. Sick birds rarely eat anyway.

 

[dawg53]

What I get from reading that is other organs can be affected.

Yes.

 

[dawg53]

Do you want to ramrod it down the esophagus?

 

[dawg53]

You know I'm messing with you!