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Ah sorry to here that. So did the state do the swabing. Thats crazzy if it takes that long, dont make sence.

Their main thing is testing for influenza, so that may be the test that takes that long. BTW, this morning, when we caught two of the chickens acting sick, they started spewing out a clear liquid. None of them showed any signs of nasal congestion or anything until then. The 2 were caught by their legs and picked up where they hung upside down and all this liquid came out
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I hope to God its not influenza. I dont want my whole flock to be killed. I hope its something curable. I'm to the point that I dont even want any birds anymore. My daughter is inconsolable right now and it makes it that much more upsetting. I'm tired of dealing with death.
 
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Oh no. This is heartbreaking. Well, at least you're closer to finding out what's killing your birds. Then you will be able to execute a plan to stop this madness. I wish that was something that we all could do to help you.
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How is the turkey doing this morning?
 
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Ah sorry to here that. So did the state do the swabing. Thats crazzy if it takes that long, dont make sence.

Yea, unfortunately it does that at least a week. That's how long it took for me to get the results back from them testing my turkey.
 
I hate that you have to go through that. I hope too it is something cureable. Non of us like to see our own animals suffer. Keep us up to date.
 
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Oh no. This is heartbreaking. Well, at least you're closer to finding out what's killing your birds. Then you will be able to execute a plan to stop this madness. I wish that was something that we all could do to help you.
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How is the turkey doing this morning?

Mr Gobbles is still hanging in there. I just dont know if he can hang until Monday. I'm about ready to mix up a cocktail of Corid, antibiotics, vitamins, etc to feed them all. Its so frustrating to think that its a simple matter of giving them the right meds, but you dont know the right meds.
 
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I did a lot of reading last night about Avian Influenza and it's symptoms and some of the information that I found reminds me of a thread in the Emergencies/Injuries/Illnesses section where I posted about how so many owners "think" that their birds/flock is 100% "clean" and at the same time, they may have a bird or 2 die and they write it off as "heart attack" "unknown causes" "stroke" or whatever else makes them feel better about their bird's death when in actuality, the bird may have died from some type of disease (a disease that may show NO SYMPTOMS) but the owner will never know because a necropsy wasn't done. So the owner continues to think that they have a "clean and disease free flock" and their birds are not carriers of "something" and continue to sell fertile/hatching eggs and birds to buyers and continue to spread whatever disease to the next person. And the buyer would NEVER know of this buyer's "unknown bird death". I know that I ruffled feathers when I said this but it's true. Many people don't want to think of something like this but it's possible. Anything is possible. Anyway, enough of my rant....

Here are a few things that I thought that I would post.

This may be why your mallards are not showing any signs or symptoms.
Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese), often causing no apparent signs of illness. They seem to have the most resistance to severe infection.

Migratory waterfowl and ducks are hosts birds. They carry the viruses that cause bird flu but are often unaffected. Host birds can spread the infection to domesticated chickens, turkeys and geese, resulting in severe epidemics that sicken and kill large numbers of birds, sometimes in a single day.

The virus can spread directly from bird to bird, and from farm to farm through contaminated equipment (like cages), feed, clothing, vehicles and shoes. Rats, too, can carry the virus on their feet.

The virus can survive for three months in bird droppings; the virus can also survive in water for up to four days.

Two antiviral drugs are currently available that have been shown in laboratory settings to be effective against avian flu: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir).

Tamiflu prevents the virus from escaping its host cell.

First Symptoms
According to the USDA, symptoms of low-path avian influenza include loss of appetite, coughing, sneezing and a drop in the number of eggs lain.

Later Symptoms
Symptoms of HPAI include sudden loss of energy, loss of coordination, no appetite at all, eggs that are malformed or soft-shelled, discharge running from the nostrils, swollen heads, perpetually ruffled feathers and diarrhea.

No Symptoms
UC Davis Veterinary Medical Extension reports that sometimes birds infected with HPAI will show absolutely no symptoms before they suddenly die.

With that said, all we can do is the best that we can to protect our flock.

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Oh no. This is heartbreaking. Well, at least you're closer to finding out what's killing your birds. Then you will be able to execute a plan to stop this madness. I wish that was something that we all could do to help you.
sad.png


How is the turkey doing this morning?

Mr Gobbles is still hanging in there. I just dont know if he can hang until Monday. I'm about ready to mix up a cocktail of Corid, antibiotics, vitamins, etc to feed them all. Its so frustrating to think that its a simple matter of giving them the right meds, but you dont know the right meds.

That's not a bad idea. It can't hurt at all. Do what you think you need to do. Who knows, it may help. I wish that I lived closer, I would surely shoot out your way to lend you a hand.
 
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Mr Gobbles is still hanging in there. I just dont know if he can hang until Monday. I'm about ready to mix up a cocktail of Corid, antibiotics, vitamins, etc to feed them all. Its so frustrating to think that its a simple matter of giving them the right meds, but you dont know the right meds.

That's not a bad idea. It can't hurt at all. Do what you think you need to do. Who knows, it may help. I wish that I lived closer, I would surely shoot out your way to lend you a hand.

I found out that theres a LSU Ag Center by me. I called and left a message for the guy I need to talk to there. Hoping maybe someone there can give me answers as to what it IS instead of what its NOT.
 
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That's not a bad idea. It can't hurt at all. Do what you think you need to do. Who knows, it may help. I wish that I lived closer, I would surely shoot out your way to lend you a hand.

I found out that theres a LSU Ag Center by me. I called and left a message for the guy I need to talk to there. Hoping maybe someone there can give me answers as to what it IS instead of what its NOT.

Is that where they took your birds?
 
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I did a lot of reading last night about Avian Influenza and it's symptoms and some of the information that I found reminds me of a thread in the Emergencies/Injuries/Illnesses section where I posted about how so many owners "think" that their birds/flock is 100% "clean" and at the same time, they may have a bird or 2 die and they write it off as "heart attack" "unknown causes" "stroke" or whatever else makes them feel better about their bird's death when in actuality, the bird may have died from some type of disease (a disease that may show NO SYMPTOMS) but the owner will never know because a necropsy wasn't done. So the owner continues to think that they have a "clean and disease free flock" and their birds are not carriers of "something" and continue to sell fertile/hatching eggs and birds to buyers and continue to spread whatever disease to the next person. And the buyer would NEVER know of this buyer's "unknown bird death". I know that I ruffled feathers when I said this but it's true. Many people don't want to think of something like this but it's possible. Anything is possible. Anyway, enough of my rant....

Here are a few things that I thought that I would post.

This may be why your mallards are not showing any signs or symptoms.
Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese), often causing no apparent signs of illness. They seem to have the most resistance to severe infection.

Migratory waterfowl and ducks are hosts birds. They carry the viruses that cause bird flu but are often unaffected. Host birds can spread the infection to domesticated chickens, turkeys and geese, resulting in severe epidemics that sicken and kill large numbers of birds, sometimes in a single day.

The virus can spread directly from bird to bird, and from farm to farm through contaminated equipment (like cages), feed, clothing, vehicles and shoes. Rats, too, can carry the virus on their feet.

The virus can survive for three months in bird droppings; the virus can also survive in water for up to four days.

Two antiviral drugs are currently available that have been shown in laboratory settings to be effective against avian flu: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir).

Tamiflu prevents the virus from escaping its host cell.

First Symptoms
According to the USDA, symptoms of low-path avian influenza include loss of appetite, coughing, sneezing and a drop in the number of eggs lain.

Later Symptoms
Symptoms of HPAI include sudden loss of energy, loss of coordination, no appetite at all, eggs that are malformed or soft-shelled, discharge running from the nostrils, swollen heads, perpetually ruffled feathers and diarrhea.

No Symptoms
UC Davis Veterinary Medical Extension reports that sometimes birds infected with HPAI will show absolutely no symptoms before they suddenly die.

With that said, all we can do is the best that we can to protect our flock.

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I've never had anything die and thought it was for no reason. I know people who treat things that way though. I've never had any of my birds die from sickness though. I've had chicks get squished under the pile. My horse stepped on one. Stuff like that. My chickens have names. I go out and they flap up and perch on me. As soon as they started acting sick I started trying to find out what was wrong. I'm not being defensive. I know that there are people who let stuff like this slide. I just wanted to say that I'm not one of them. I called the Dept of Agriculture even though I knew they would kill ALL of my birds if they have AI. I love my birds, but I couldnt let it slide knowing that they may be a danger to the environment.​
 

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