QUAIL VS CHICKEN WITH DISEASE TRANMISSION (YOU MAY SUBSTITUTE ANY TRUE GAMEBIRD FOR QUAIL)
HERE WE GO AGAIN...
http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/153/10/293
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250361
AS PREVIOUSLY COVERED IN THIS SECTION.... CHICKENS, GUINEAS, DOMESTIC WATERFOWL, AND TURKEYS CARRY ILLNESSES THAT THEY ARE IMMUNE TO, BUT GAMEBIRDS HAVE NO SUCH IMMUNITY AND QUICKLY SUCCUMB TO THE CONTAGEN. ONCE ILLNESS STARTS IT WILL LIKELY SPREAD THROUGH THE COVEY IN SHORT ORDER UNLESS FOUND VERY EARLY ON AND CONTAINED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THE MOST COMMON ARE THE MYCOPLASMA AND MERRICKS DISEASES AS WELL AS NEW CASTLE IN THE PARTS OF THE WORLD IT IS PREVALENT. CHICKENS RESPOND TO SIMPLE TREATMENT, GAMEBIRDS DO NOT. TREATMENT FOR GAMEBIRDS IS PRICEY, DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN MEDS THAT HAVE LIMITED SUCCESS, AND EVEN IF YOU DO TREAT AN INFECTED BIRD AND STOP THE ILLNESS--- ITS NOW A CARRIER THAT CAN AND WILL TRANSMIT THE DISEASE TO ANY OTHER BIRDS IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH FROM THEN ON, FOREVERMORE.
NOW FROM A FUNCTIONAL STAND POINT.... LOOSE A COVEY OF COTURNIX OR BUTTONS? A LOSS, TRUE, BUT NOT SO BAD.... EGGS ARE CHEAP, EASILY INCUBATED, AND READILY AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND.
LOOSE A COVEY OF BOBS.... LIL MORE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS HERE... EGGS WHILE READILY INCUBATED ARE WAY MORE SEASONAL AND DIFFICULTY TO FIND AT TIMES, AND IN MOST CASES AT LEAST DOUBLE THE PRICE OF COTURNIX OR BUTTON EGGS
LOOSE A COVEY OF CHUKAR... QUITE A BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS... EGGS HARDER TO GET, MORE MONEY WITH MUCH HARDER INCUBATIONS.SAME IS TRUE OF RING NECK SPECES.
LOOSE A COVEY OF EXOTIC QUAIL--- SAY MEARNES(MONTEZUMA), HARLEQUIN, MOUNTAINS, DARK FACED, ETC... NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO CATASTROPHIC COUNTRY. SAME IS TRUE OF OTHER PARTRIDGE SPECES AND MOST ORNIMENTAL OR RARE PHEASANTS.
HERE WE GO AGAIN...
http://veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/153/10/293
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250361
AS PREVIOUSLY COVERED IN THIS SECTION.... CHICKENS, GUINEAS, DOMESTIC WATERFOWL, AND TURKEYS CARRY ILLNESSES THAT THEY ARE IMMUNE TO, BUT GAMEBIRDS HAVE NO SUCH IMMUNITY AND QUICKLY SUCCUMB TO THE CONTAGEN. ONCE ILLNESS STARTS IT WILL LIKELY SPREAD THROUGH THE COVEY IN SHORT ORDER UNLESS FOUND VERY EARLY ON AND CONTAINED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. THE MOST COMMON ARE THE MYCOPLASMA AND MERRICKS DISEASES AS WELL AS NEW CASTLE IN THE PARTS OF THE WORLD IT IS PREVALENT. CHICKENS RESPOND TO SIMPLE TREATMENT, GAMEBIRDS DO NOT. TREATMENT FOR GAMEBIRDS IS PRICEY, DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN MEDS THAT HAVE LIMITED SUCCESS, AND EVEN IF YOU DO TREAT AN INFECTED BIRD AND STOP THE ILLNESS--- ITS NOW A CARRIER THAT CAN AND WILL TRANSMIT THE DISEASE TO ANY OTHER BIRDS IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH FROM THEN ON, FOREVERMORE.
NOW FROM A FUNCTIONAL STAND POINT.... LOOSE A COVEY OF COTURNIX OR BUTTONS? A LOSS, TRUE, BUT NOT SO BAD.... EGGS ARE CHEAP, EASILY INCUBATED, AND READILY AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND.
LOOSE A COVEY OF BOBS.... LIL MORE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS HERE... EGGS WHILE READILY INCUBATED ARE WAY MORE SEASONAL AND DIFFICULTY TO FIND AT TIMES, AND IN MOST CASES AT LEAST DOUBLE THE PRICE OF COTURNIX OR BUTTON EGGS
LOOSE A COVEY OF CHUKAR... QUITE A BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL LOSS... EGGS HARDER TO GET, MORE MONEY WITH MUCH HARDER INCUBATIONS.SAME IS TRUE OF RING NECK SPECES.
LOOSE A COVEY OF EXOTIC QUAIL--- SAY MEARNES(MONTEZUMA), HARLEQUIN, MOUNTAINS, DARK FACED, ETC... NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO CATASTROPHIC COUNTRY. SAME IS TRUE OF OTHER PARTRIDGE SPECES AND MOST ORNIMENTAL OR RARE PHEASANTS.
