Respiratory Problem

[KsKingBee]

Well we finally got the lab report! I talked to the vet over the phone and then she sent the report to me via e-mail, looks like Latin to me.

In a nutshell, NO mycoplasma!

It is a bacterial infection that is resistant to Tylan which is the drug I have been trying to treat the birds with. The lab report said that tetracycline will work on this bug. So she had me stop the LS-50 and start on Duramycin which I had on hand.

 

[mandyok]

That is wonderful news. I am so glad for you and of course your peas.

 

[zazouse]

Well we finally got the lab report! I talked to the vet over the phone and then she sent the report to me via e-mail, looks like Latin to me.

In a nutshell, NO mycoplasma!

It is a bacterial infection that is resistant to Tylan which is the drug I have been trying to treat the birds with. The lab report said that tetracycline will work on this bug. So she had me stop the LS-50 and start on Duramycin which I had on hand.

this is wonderful news but we need more info on this bug, can you get a copy of the report and post it here PLEASZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

[KsKingBee]

I have the e-mail I can send but my computer will not let me copy and paste the document. Well maybe it will I am just not getting it to cooperate with me. I will try again this evening when I have more time to mess with it.

 

[casportpony]

That's great news!

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

OK, I am trying to copy the report here.




Ratz, didn't work.

Edited to remove gibberish.

 

[Michael Apple]

Fungal infections can certainly be frustrating since antibiotic therapy does nothing for it. Any place where dampness remains, and birds are regularly exposed to, can be the breeding ground for fungi that eventually dries and becomes dormant, then becomes airborne. Once in the bird's respiratory system it becomes active and grows. Eliminating these fungal growth areas in the environment is wise, but so is using effective treatment on birds. I rarely see respiratory problems, but when I do, I mist with Oxine mixture so they have to breathe it. By them breathing it, it eliminates the fungal problem. A warm night when they are all roosting is a good time to put a fine mist over the birds. I also use Oxine to sanitize waterers and feeders, as well as a premise disinfectant. I will even use .5 ml per 2 gallons of water for 2-3 days and that seems to do the trick.

 

[casportpony]

@KsKingBee , emailed me the PDF so that I could attach it. Here is his report:

 

[KsKingBee]

Thank you Kathy!

I am having trouble reading the chart on page three. I am assuming that the letters S and R are abbreviations for Sensitive and Resistant? If that is so then there are only four antibiotics that both E-coli and Pseudomonas are sensitive to, some more than the others.

Does anyone know what the numbers mean? and how to interpret them?

The vet recommended tetracycline but that does not make sense to me by the chart, I want to get the right meds this time.

 

[Dany12]

I found this photo on the net ... but in a month, one or two of my chicks will die of this disease. At the end they died of Asphyxia !
What is this disease .... how to treat?