Hen Losing Weight

[BayBay Peepers]

That's so good to hear

 

[Manningjw]

Her pupils look normal, she does make contact with food when she wants too. She can see...I know that if one of my cats walks in to the area she's at she sounds the alarm. Thank you for the information. Why did your hen go blind?? Was it Mereks?

No, Marek's doesn't affect the pupils, it affects the iris which is completely different. She sustained a wound above her eye at a very young age, I believe from an overly energetic rooster. After the laceration/local infection she developed cataracts.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: According to what I have read and experienced, that is not true, the pupil can be affected.



-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

According to what I have read and experienced, that is not true, the pupil can be affected.
[ATTACHMENT=763]mareks2.pdf (180k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]
[ATTACHMENT=764]Mareks_AG_Poultry_2013-01pr.pdf (475k. pdf file)[/ATTACHMENT]

-Kathy

I thought I had run across something about the pupil in my researching MD. Thanks Kathy.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: This used to be on the Cornell site in the Marek's section.


-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

This used to be on the Cornell site in the Marek's section. -Kathy

Can it be like a keyhole shape too??? I though I read about that somewhere.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Yes.

Middle is normal


Left is normal


Right is normal




-Kathy

 

[JensChickies]

Yes. Middle is normal Left is normal Right is normal -Kathy

Awww those poor chickens. Their beaks make me sad.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

I agree. It makes me want to round them all up and set them free in the yard.

 

[casportpony]

A place near me sells them.

-Kathy