New hen In quarantine- Clear Foul Smelling nasal discharge-

[Rare Feathers Farm]

oxine

 

[JP101010]

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Oxine? what is that?

 

[dawg53]

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Oxine? what is that?

Here's a link to Oxine:
http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/oxine.htm

 

[JP101010]

very interesting. Thanks for the link.


Update: Millie is doing so good. she is very active now and has very little nasal discharge. she is eating like a pig and drinking often , shes pooping constantly lol never thought that would be a good thing. we will continue her course of ABs

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Unfortunately cultures cannot be done in house and to send it out we would need to do it before therapy (right away) and the cost is considerable.The vet on staff at the clinic tonight isnt an avian specialist but she started her on baytril and doxycycline. plus a sterile flush for the sinuses. i was also instructed to treat the other chicken with no symptoms from the same breeder with just doxy.It is important that she is eating while taking these heavy duty meds so i will wait till the AM to get a bit of food in her before dosing her. She already looks more comfortable after having the nasal passages flushed and cleared.
Pics will be posted soon
if she responds well to treatment i would like to eventually put her in with my small flock but without ever knowing whether its coryza or not i cant take the risk. the vet is going to consult with her avian dvm colleague and see about a coryza vaccine for my small flock.If thats not an option than we might have to build a seperate chicken coop and run on the other side of the house...but even then i will have to constantly stop and think about cross contaminating , etc

Not claiming to have a definitive answer here, but ... there's a few problems w/ your biosecurity, and what you think the probable outcome will be.

First? It's most likely Infectious Coryza, based upon the symptoms described. Absolutely knowing requires some fairly tricky culturing, which most often requires highly specialized labs. But, let's say, for now, that it is.

First problem? You've already spead it around your home, and your car, and your yard ... it's most likely gonna reach your other birds, no matter how cautious you have been. And, now? It's also at your vet's office. And, you've possibly brought home whatever mighta been there (another huge risk )-;~

Second problem? "Birds that recover frequently become chronic carriers," to quote from Cornell's Atlas of Avian Diseases. You've invited a scenario where your birds, and all replacements, should be innoculated repeatedly, throughout their entire lives, and yours.

Third problem? Mortality rates, should this become an outbreak, and for each subsequent outbreak, can be expected to range similarly to MDV ... as high as half, but nominally 20%.

All this, so as to attempt to control what may forever remain a hotspot for the spread of IC, for the sake of not immediately culling one single bird.

So, let's hope this turns out to be something less ... here's a list of other possibilities that could cause similar symptoms:

• Avian Influenza
• Avian Metapneumovirus
• Fowl Cholera
• Infectious Bronchitis
• Infectious Laryngotracheitis
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum
• Newcastle Disease