Respiratory Problem

[casportpony]

The feedstore by me has 25 peafowl with what's probably MG. They got their first outbreak several months ago and lost 2 of 28. Looks like they're sick again and now they're down to 25 peas, so that makes 3 lost to it.

Many chicken people recommend culling, but I can't see this as an option for most peafowl owners as there is just too much invested in them.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

The feedstore by me has 25 peafowl with what's probably MG. They got their first outbreak several months ago and lost 2 of 28. Looks like they're sick again and now they're down to 25 peas, so that makes 3 lost to it.

Many chicken people recommend culling, but I can't see this as an option for most peafowl owners as there is just too much invested in them.

-Kathy

I would never step foot in that place again why take a risk.
I would cull my entire flock if i ended up with something incurable and contagious, but that is just me,
As long as one never sells any of their flocks i guess it is ok but it is not something i would do for fear of giving it to someone elses birds via wildlife or just visting folks that have birds.

 

[mandyok]

How are your birds?

 

[KsKingBee]

I have two that are coughing and started Tylan over the weekend. This is day three and it is raining, so much for todays dose. I called Valley Vet today to order some more Tylan and asked about other meds so they transferred me to the store vet. He told me that 90% of all chickens have M and did not recommend culling an entire flock. It was his opinion that even if you cull the flock you are just going to get it again from another bird source. He recommended LS-50 for a change up in meds.

http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_search_results.html?gas=ls50

 

[mandyok]

I am glad you do not have to cull your whole flock. That would be devastating to anyone. I am glad you found something that works for your birds.

 

[KsKingBee]

By everything I have read you will get differing opinions on that.

 

[casportpony]

Someone on the Nor Cal thread noticed her chickens had a respiratory infection and she was convinced that it was MG. She was ready to cull her whole flock until I suggested that she draw some blood from the sickest and have it tested for MG. Her funds were limited, so that was all she she had the blood tested for and the results came back negative.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Just got home from the vets, I took a peahen in that was having trouble breathing. She sounded awful gurgling with every breath and gasping (yawning), but she lacked the swollen eye, runny nose that I had seen in the other birds. We did not see much of that cottage cheese in her throat either but there was some. The vet took a throat culture and blood sample and gave her an injection of Zactran, packaged up the samples and took them to overnight at UPS to a Columbia Mo. lab.

Zactran, she told me was a relatively new product for mycoplasma and would last for ten days and did not need to be followed up with another injection. At $2.26 per cc it sounded like an affordable treatment if it works. We may have our reports back by Friday or possibly Monday. So I guess we will know very soon what the ailment is and if the Zactran works for it.

Just read up a little on it. I am a bit concerned that it said not for use in chickens and turkeys. Aren't turkeys and peas closely related?

http://www.zactran.com/news/identifying-brd-pathogend-on-the-farm.html

 

[casportpony]

Just got home from the vets, I took a peahen in that was having trouble breathing. She sounded awful gurgling with every breath and gasping (yawning), but she lacked the swollen eye, runny nose that I had seen in the other birds. We did not see much of that cottage cheese in her throat either but there was some. The vet took a throat culture and blood sample and gave her an injection of Zactran, packaged up the samples and took them to overnight at UPS to a Columbia Mo. lab.

Zactran, she told me was a relatively new product for mycoplasma and would last for ten days and did not need to be followed up with another injection. At $2.26 per cc it sounded like an affordable treatment if it works. We may have our reports back by Friday or possibly Monday. So I guess we will know very soon what the ailment is and if the Zactran works for it.

Just read up a little on it. I am a bit concerned that it said not for use in chickens and turkeys. Aren't turkeys and peas closely related?

http://www.zactran.com/news/identifying-brd-pathogend-on-the-farm.html

Did it say why not to use it them? If it's a food thing, like Baytril, no need to worry.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Did it say why not to use it them? If it's a food thing, like Baytril, no need to worry.

-Kathy

I just read the sheet on line and it did not say why. Hopefully it's as you said, a food thing.