Fowl pox treatment

[scottischicken]

If a bird gets avian fowl pox what medicine do you use to treat and cure it?

 

[Eggcessive]

First, you should contact authorities in your state to get a bird tested. It is caused by a virus, so antibiotics do not work. You should give supportive treatment such as giving fluids and electrolytes, separating, offering food and keeping warm. Then if testing is positive, the state will probably cull your flock unfortunately. Migrating wild birds, especially waterfowl, are the usual birds that spread it. Here is some reading about avian flu:
https://www.avma.org/resources-tool...n-influenza/avian-influenza-companion-animals

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22401-bird-flu

 

[Kasper77]

Is fowl pox the same as bird flu?

 

[FrostRanger]

First, you should contact authorities in your state to get a bird tested. It is caused by a virus, so antibiotics do not work. You should give supportive treatment such as giving fluids and electrolytes, separating, offering food and keeping warm. Then if testing is positive, the state will probably cull your flock unfortunately. Migrating wild birds, especially waterfowl, are the usual birds that spread it. Here is some reading about avian flu:
https://www.avma.org/resources-tool...n-influenza/avian-influenza-companion-animals

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22401-bird-flu

They won't cull your flock for fowl pox,
Fowl pox indeed has no treatment in particular other than supportive care but it should clear up on its own in a few weeks if it's the dry form, wet pox is mostly the same although unfortunately it's often fatal. It's only necessary to cull a bird with fowl pox if it's on death's door and clearly suffering and won't recover, otherwise just separate (unless you have multiple birds with the disease), watch and wait

 

[FrostRanger]

Is fowl pox the same as bird flu?

No, they are different. Bird flu is a death sentence for the flock while fowl pox is usually uncomfortable but not fatal unless it's the wet form

 

[Eggcessive]

I apologize for misreading the question. No, they do not cull for fowl pox. No need to have testing done. I thought the question was about avian influenza. Sorry. This thread was from a few months ago, and so glad @Kasper77 and @FrostRanger posted.