Help!! Marek's Disease??

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chickee chick said:
Thanks for the insight one them did not make thru the night and I am now worried about having just the one alone but don't want to put him with the others yet either.
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I went thru that. I kept the other in my bedroom, and let her out on my bed to explore. I made sure she could see some activity in my house. Eventually I got some chicks to put with her.
 
Zrcalo said:
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You are so right.
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No other birds showing simptoms,asside from my dominique who had the leg paralysis before but she got better on vitiamins, well one foot did but the other never recovered i think it had been limp too long, but she gets around good, it seemed they would all get a respitory problem or somthing as initial symptoms all had puffy eyes. They dont consistantly have diarrhea.
 
seminolewind said:
I never meant it to mean you. I just get riled up from stuff like that. Most of us have read that thread because we're so despret to save our beloved chickens. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was ranting on you personally. NO. Not at all. You're in this boat with the rest of us, and you need support from us just as we do from you.
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X's 2. Yep, we're all looking for the magic bullet that will wipe it out and I sometimes wonder what is worse....the disease? Or the running to find the next new find. One of the biggest side affects of Marek's is the frustration, we as care givers, live through daily.
 
ems chicks said:
No other birds showing simptoms,asside from my dominique who had the leg paralysis before but she got better on vitiamins, well one foot did but the other never recovered i think it had been limp too long, but she gets around good, it seemed they would all get a respitory problem or somthing as initial symptoms all had puffy eyes. They dont consistantly have diarrhea.
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That's good! Like I said, just watch now. I hope you never see another symptom. I may have asked this before as well, but do you give them grit? As for the vitamins, I usually give them a dose once a week whether they need it or not. I have to be very careful of just using the ACV for the B vitamins, as my water is very acidic to start with. The PH is 5.5 and that's where you want your water to be by adding the ACV. Sooo, here ACV is only used occasionally or as medicine.
 
Looks like one of my hens is symptomatic. What I noticed to begin with was looking at her eye. It looked normal but not. I think maybe it's bulging very slightly. She is bony and having bright green poop. She can not eat because her crop is full of fluid, and every time she bends over, the fluid comes out and blocks her airway. I've tried to raise her food up but, nothing is going down, so she can't eat.

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Similarly, the involvement of the vagus nerve can result in the paralysis and dilation of the crop seen in this photo. Crop impactions and pendulous crops that are quite often seen in Show chickens are often attributed to Marek’s disease as the virus infiltrates the nerves of this region. Crop impaction may also be unrelated to Mareks Diseases when chickens of any age but mostly mature hens over-engorge on grass or other fibrous matter. The fibre in grasses accumulates in a entangled mass that prevents the crop from emptying properly causing it to distend and become impacted (see article in this section on Crop and Gizzard impactions).
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This is the pattern of my symptomatic birds, however, if they don't have symptoms prior to 8 months, it seems that they live for a few years until the tumors, I guess, start to affect them. And they waste away.

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  • Acute Form
  • - 4-8 weeks of age
    - 80% Mortality
  • Transient Form
  • - 5-18 weeks of age
    - Uncommon
  • Internal Organ Form
  • - 16 - 35 weeks of age
    - Chronic Illness
 
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seminolewind said:
Looks like one of my hens is symptomatic. What I noticed to begin with was looking at her eye. It looked normal but not. I think maybe it's bulging very slightly. She is bony and having bright green poop. She can not eat because her crop is full of fluid, and every time she bends over, the fluid comes out and blocks her airway. I've tried to raise her food up but, nothing is going down, so she can't eat.

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Similarly, the involvement of the vagus nerve can result in the paralysis and dilation of the crop seen in this photo. Crop impactions and pendulous crops that are quite often seen in Show chickens are often attributed to Marek’s disease as the virus infiltrates the nerves of this region. Crop impaction may also be unrelated to Mareks Diseases when chickens of any age but mostly mature hens over-engorge on grass or other fibrous matter. The fibre in grasses accumulates in a entangled mass that prevents the crop from emptying properly causing it to distend and become impacted (see article in this section on Crop and Gizzard impactions).
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This is the pattern of my symptomatic birds, however, if they don't have symptoms prior to 8 months, it seems that they live for a few years until the tumors, I guess, start to affect them. And they waste away.
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My roo that had Marek's had crop problems very similar to those listed here as well. I have dealt with non-Marek's crop impaction in my hens before which is why "Marek's" didn't even occur to us until he showed leg paralysis.
Necropsy report showed that his gizzard was additionally effected and that the lining was abnormal.
 

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