Needing Help With Necropsy GRAPHIC!

[casportpony]

I believe I remember seeing them a couple of years back? I suppose that my deworming may have killed the carriers but not the pathogen. I will give them some metronidazole in the morning.

You might also want to start them on Baytril. Almost all birds with blackhead will get a secondary E. coli infection, and for that you will need something like Baytril, or maybe eben your Zactran? Talk to your vet.

 

[casportpony]

Thought you all might want to see what Marek's tumors of the liver look like:

FWIW, the bird with that liver also had ocular and cutaneous Marek's.

 

[KsKingBee]

Thought you all might want to see what Marek's tumors of the liver look like:
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FWIW, the bird with that liver also had ocular and cutaneous Marek's.

This is good as my hens liver did not look like this. I would much rather deal with BH than Mareks.

 

[casportpony]

This is good as my hens liver did not look like this. I would much rather deal with BH than Mareks.

I'm with you on that!

 

[PhoredaBurds]

This is an amazing thread! Thank you to all who have posted here!!

4-5 years ago, I had an issue with blackhead in turkey poults. I chalked it up to inexperience and drastically changed how I raised any chicks, poults, or peachicks after that. It's very helpful to be reminded though that even with a good worming program and good quarantining practices that these illnesses still can show up. It's so easy to get complacent when things are going well.

Thank you again!!