Is Marek's contagious to parrots and other cage birds?

[chirpingcricket]

Hey, need a little direction, or next step to take with 3 week chicks with cocci?
Chicks were from 2 broody Mom's. Due to crowded pens, removed each Mom from peeper pens outside. Weather warm, chicks fiesty and fun. Then it rains and rains, etc., then abruptly turned cold. I brought all (14), 3 week old chicks inside, warm lamp, food, water. Everything fine, until Friday am, noticed a bit of bloody poo, unable to track the chick who had it. I took them off med feed, to regular chick feed and buttermilk. All have good appetite for food and water. After 2 hours post feeding I started anti-biotic protocol (Sulmet). Bloody stools are few, no longer bright red, but darker red/clotting.

Since I had Sulmet on hand, I immediately started dosing them with it.
( 2 days on. Next recommends 2 days off. Then 2 days on. Then 2 days off. Then 1 day on. Follow up with add'l electrolytes and probiotics)

Well, they are at 1 day off yesterday (Sunday) post being 2 days on.., Giving electrolytes. Today, I'll start them again on protocol...

1. I would like to switch them to corrid tomorrow if I can find it. Would that be OK?
2. I have 6 week olds that I incubated and kept inside for 4+ weeks, no symptoms. They have been in their pen 2 weeks now.
Is it safe to think they have immuities built up, or should I treat them too, with Corrid?
3. We have 2 Roos with 5 hens each at 2 to 3 years old. Separate pens. Symptom free. Wormed on schedule. Should we treat them with corrid?
4. Read here that eggs OK to eat even though hen on treatment with Corrid. Also read documentation to the opposit. We have a small customer base to purchase our eggs, are the eggs OK to consume?

Don't want to overmedicate, if the immune system has it under control on these other birds.
Thanks a bunch!

Can some help me with thi Sulmet/Corrid situation? Thanks!

 

[casportpony]

It's not just chickens that can get it... this is from the AAAP (American Association of Avian Pathologists) Avian Disease Manual - 6th Edition

OCCURRENCE
Marek's disease is important primarily in chickens, to a much lesser degree in quail, and has been rarely observed in turkeys, pheasants and jungle fowl. Turkeys and other species have limited susceptibility. The disease most commonly occurs in young, sexually immature chickens 2-7 months old, but can occur at virtually any age beyond 3 weeks. The disease occurs throughout the world and virtually all flocks are exposed to the causative virus.​

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[chirpingcricket]

Can some help me with thi Sulmet/Corrid situation? Thanks!

Can someone tell me how to get this off the Mareck's page and on the main emergency page? Thanks.

 

[casportpony]

i beleive silly city girl is correct i also have read where only chickens and some other poultry get it and that pet birds cant.i hope that its true.look it upon the net it will tell you . good luck

Lol, it's on the net, so it must be true, right?

The best thing would be to talk to an avian pathologist, UC Davis has a bunch of them that are very helpful. I usually talk to a couple at the Tulare lab.

From:http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/index.cfm

Lab Locations

CAHFS is a livestock and avian diagnostic laboratory, not a small animal laboratory. Questions concerning dogs, cats, snakes, and fish should be directed to your local veterinarian.
The CAHFS Toxicology Section may be contacted regarding any poisoning cases in all animal species at this number: (530) 752-6322.
Each laboratory in the CAHFS System performs specific tests. If the CAHFS Lab nearest your location does not perform the test(s) needed for your submission, the specimen may be forwarded to the lab in the CAHFS System that does perform the test.
Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
Emergencies only on Saturday and Sunday.

Davis Laboratory

The Davis facility consists of two laboratory buildings: The John E. Thurman, Jr. Building, and the Kenneth L. Maddy building. Davis is staffed and equipped to provide the full range of diagnostic procedures in the disciplines of pathology, bacteriology, mycology, serology, avian virology, mammalian virology and toxicology for all species of livestock including poultry. It also houses the Equine Analytical Chemistry laboratory, which is staffed and equipped to provide equine drug testing.
The Davis laboratory also conducts tests on specimens forwarded from the other four laboratories, which have not been staffed and equipped to perform them. As the central laboratory of the CAHFS, it provides professional support and supervision of tests and procedures to be used throughout the CAHFS. Discipline specialists at Davis, working with diagnosticians at the other laboratories, develop standard protocols and provide standardized reagents for use in the CAHFS. They also have supervisory responsibility over activities of their specialty, including both monitoring of testing procedures and the training of personnel in the use of such procedures at the other laboratories.
The Davis Laboratory accepts AVIAN, LIVESTOCK, and HORSE submissions. Carcasses may be submitted for necropsy. Submissions for livestock and horse biopsies, serology, bacterial cultures and electron microscopy are also accepted. The Toxicology section of the Davis Lab will accept specimens from all animal species, including domestic animals, wildlife, and sea mammals.
Address
620 West Health Science Drive
Davis, California 95616
(530) 752-8700
(530) 752-6253 (FAX)
[email protected]

Turlock Laboratory

The Turlock laboratory provides diagnostic support for the needs of the poultry industry in the northern San Joaquin valley. It provides diagnostic services in pathology, bacteriology, serology, mycology, and in some aspects of virology. The Turlock Laboratory serves as a point of access to the CAHFS and all of its services except necropsies of large animals. Specimens (except large animals, cats and dogs) will be transported to other laboratories of the CAHFS for diagnostic procedures that cannot be conducted at Turlock.
The Turlock Laboratory accepts all AVIAN submissions including carcasses, serology samples and bacterial cultures. The Turlock Laboratory now performs the Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) Elisa test on ear notch samples.
For USPS mail & deliveries, use our PO Box address.
Address
1550 N Soderquist Road
PO Box 1522
Turlock, CA 95380-2204
(209) 634-5837
(209) 667-4261 (FAX)
[email protected]

Tulare Laboratory

The Tulare laboratory is located in the facilities of the Veterinary Medical Teaching and Research Center, University of California, Tulare. It provides diagnostic laboratory support for the food animal industries and the veterinarians who serve these industries in the central and southern San Joaquin valley. Services offered on-site include pathology, bacteriology, parasitology, mycology, regulatory serology and certain aspects of virology. The Tulare Laboratory accepts all AVIAN, LIVESTOCK and HORSE submissions.
Serology and toxicology samples are sent, as necessary, to other CAHFS laboratories for testing.
Address
18830 Road 112
Tulare, CA 93274-9042
(559) 688-7543
(559) 686-4231 (FAX)
[email protected]

San Bernardino Laboratory

The San Bernardino laboratory provides diagnostic laboratory support for the livestock and poultry industries of southern California, and conducts serological tests required for programs of the Animal Health Branch. It is staffed and equipped to provide diagnostic support in pathology, bacteriology, mycology, milk quality, serology, and some aspects of virology and parasitology. It serves as a point of access for all services offered by the CAHFS.
The San Bernardino Laboratory accepts AVIAN, LIVESTOCK, and HORSE submissions: avian carcasses and biopsies, livestock and horse carcasses and biopsies, serology and bacterial cultures.
105 W Central Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92408 2113
(909) 383-4287
(909) 884-5980 (FAX)
[email protected]