Its Time To NAME THAT EYE PROBLEM!!!Update: PG 11 bottom of Post #101

[kycowgirlchick]

I have a few birds with the same thing, or its seems real close. Their eyes look like that. I gave them a 3 day dose of tylon in their water. It seemed to have worked. But I have been so worried it is MG. I treated all of my young chickens but not all of them got it. We are going to lime the floors to disinfect. I hope that is it.

 

[PurpleChicken]

I agree, doesn't sound right to me either.

Did they take a blood sample? That's all they need to rule out MG/MS.

 

[kycowgirlchick]

Does a vet have to do that or can a person get a self test??

 

[PurpleChicken]

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Medicating and worrying only make things worse. All you would need
to do is get a simple blood test done.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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That's a good question. The blood can be drawn by anyone with the
guts to do it. They make a cut under the wing with a scalpel.

Contact your state vet first. Find out who handles NPIP testing.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Three horses wrote: Actually the vet is an avian certified vet. I feel bad because I listed her and usually they're way better than usual vets.

Actually I haven't looked up that vet yet. I used one a friend recommended. Not sure if this changes anything but the vet (Dr. Abbernathy) said that unless their eyes get pasted shut, they start having gunk come out of their nostrils, and they stop eating and start losing weight, that its just the pink eye. If they start to get those symptoms that we should look deeper into it. I give up searching. So far it looks like NM doesn't have anyone who does MG tests

. Oh he also said that if it wasn't a bad infection they should be cured in a few days. If its worse it could last 2 weeks

. I dunno what to do anymore (Shaking head)

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[PurpleChicken]

The doc does have a point. So far the only symptoms are the eyes.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Thanks PurpleChicken. I feel a little bit better now

 

[dlhunicorn]

If it turns out to be more then "simple" (primary) conjunctivitis (meaning it is a symptom of something else going on) then have your vet go to this the following site for the poultry flock test kit (which includes MG I believe):
http://www.idexx.com/production/poultry/

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Thanks unicorn. I'm just hoping the vet is right. Ya know I used to like NM being a small state with lots of empty farm land and desert and the low population. Well technically we don't have a lot of the associations and stuff I want.

No big theme parks no big poultry shows, now lacking a poultry testing group in the DOA and several other things that I will rant about some other time. I would never move but SHEESH!!!