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So I just got back from the vet. They did a stool sample and it came back negative for parasites (wanted to double check, as Sam got BlackHead in the first week we got him). He looked at my photos and heard my description and said he thinks it is Mycoplasma gallisepticum "CRD".
Here is the WikiLink: and the out takes: "M. gallisepticum causes respiratory infection in turkeys which can induce sinusitis, pneumonia, and airsacculitis. With infectious sinusitis, the birds have symptoms of coughing, swollen sinuses, nasal and ocular discharge, tracheal rales, labored breathing, impaired vision, depression and weight loss."
"Wildlife rehabilitators should be careful to not misdiagnose M. gallisepticum infection with other diseases with similar clinical signs, such as avian influenza, chlamydiosis, Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, head trauma, and avian pox virus. M. gallisepticum can be treated with antibiotics such as tylosin, tetracycline, or oral enrofloxacin with ophthalmic gentamicin. These are given through food, water or injections."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_gallisepticum
It is an infection in the sinus cavity and sinus. That is why there is swelling and the eyes look so red. If you look at turkey anatomy the tear ducts dont connect like with people. So eye drops dont work. You can give eye drops to relive the eye only. He said as long as the swelling is still soft and not hot or hard then it should heal. But it is like conjunctivitis, it stays in the body forever. He said if it was hard and infected in the sinus cavity they could operate or culling was necessary. He said it also necessary to listen to the breathing and make sure there is no lung infection.
He said it could be something else that too but that would cause paralysis in the legs, problems with the veins or deformation of the legs.
He gave me Azithromycin .5 per kilo (Sam is 7 kilos) and told me to give it to him for 6 days. The med only cost 2.90€
So I will check back in in a few days and let you know how it is going.
Here is the WikiLink: and the out takes: "M. gallisepticum causes respiratory infection in turkeys which can induce sinusitis, pneumonia, and airsacculitis. With infectious sinusitis, the birds have symptoms of coughing, swollen sinuses, nasal and ocular discharge, tracheal rales, labored breathing, impaired vision, depression and weight loss."
"Wildlife rehabilitators should be careful to not misdiagnose M. gallisepticum infection with other diseases with similar clinical signs, such as avian influenza, chlamydiosis, Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis, head trauma, and avian pox virus. M. gallisepticum can be treated with antibiotics such as tylosin, tetracycline, or oral enrofloxacin with ophthalmic gentamicin. These are given through food, water or injections."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_gallisepticum
It is an infection in the sinus cavity and sinus. That is why there is swelling and the eyes look so red. If you look at turkey anatomy the tear ducts dont connect like with people. So eye drops dont work. You can give eye drops to relive the eye only. He said as long as the swelling is still soft and not hot or hard then it should heal. But it is like conjunctivitis, it stays in the body forever. He said if it was hard and infected in the sinus cavity they could operate or culling was necessary. He said it also necessary to listen to the breathing and make sure there is no lung infection.
He said it could be something else that too but that would cause paralysis in the legs, problems with the veins or deformation of the legs.
He gave me Azithromycin .5 per kilo (Sam is 7 kilos) and told me to give it to him for 6 days. The med only cost 2.90€
So I will check back in in a few days and let you know how it is going.
