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Respiratory infection after deworming, series of questions.

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Eggcessive said:
Your state vet should be able to tell you how to get testing locally. Some use the lab Zoologix to get a panel of 8 respiratory disease tests. Instead of buying so many antibiotics and medicines, I would get 1-2 sick birds tested to see what they have. If it is a virus, no antibiotic works. If it is a bacterial or mycoplasma, then the right antibiotic may be used. It would be best to keep one thread going about your birds, and not keep starting new ones daily. Here is a link for Zoologix testing:
https://www.zoologix.com/avian/Datasheets/PoultryRespiratoryPanel.htm
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Sorry about the multiple posts. I felt like I was touching on different subjects each time and slightly frantic at thinking my birds were going to die. The 2 in isolation have improved with just supportive care so I'm not sure what to think. They both also laid yesterday (one at 9 pm though 🤔).
Breathing is mostly quiet other than an occasional cough from the one.
 
Stress alone can bring symptoms of an illness out.
I have not read all of your threads.

There is no reason to keep these two birds away from their normal space/coop. Removing them from their normal space is stressful in itself.
 
Kiki said:
Stress alone can bring symptoms of an illness out.
I have not read all of your threads.

There is no reason to keep these two birds away from their normal space/coop. Removing them from their normal space is stressful in itself.
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I only isolated to monitor food and water intake and because their breathing was very labored. I'm actually wondering if the deworming was stressful for them and is what brought this on.
I plan on returning them to the coop tonight pending there is no decline is their breathing. Both were having pretty bad rales that have now cleared. Chipmunk's breathing was in rough shape monday. This is what she sounded like:
Her breathing is no longer labored or noisy. The second one I brought in is still having occasional coughing fits so I might keep her one more night.
 
I don't know whether you are already had a disease in your flock or not but I am saying that it is possible that the whole act/stress of deworming could have rotten the illness symptoms out.
That's all I'm trying to stress or let you know is a possibility.
Is also possible you squirted the medicine down the wrong pipe in their mouth.
There are numerous possibilities. The only for sure answer would be to have some testing done by your state lab.
Most state labs respiratory disease testing prices are very cheap.
Like 10 or $15 cheap.
 
Ok y'all got the denegard. Everyone is still alive. Chicken with the serious rales is mostly better. One chicken is coughing occasionally still. One has occasional crackling and one has morning eye bubbles.
I need the dosing for acute symptoms plus preventative dosing in 6 week olds and 10-15 week olds.
I was seeing 8ml/cc per gallon mentioned but is the preventative dosing or treatment dosing?
 
Ugh, the adult birds won't drink the denagard water even with honey it. My juveniles are having no issue with it. How else can I administer? I could put it in a mash, but no idea how much I would use then. Could I mix in a container and make a wet mask with feed?
 

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