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Ok, so we called a person that our state veterinarian recommended. I walked him through all the deaths, and he said that our symptoms were all very varied.
Some things he mentioned:
Walking on hocks in usually a bacterial infection in the joints (as in my silver campine)
It is probably not Marek's since that occurs in birds under 20 weeks of age.
He said that most people are not willing to pay the necropsy fee, just because it is easier and cheaper to just get new birds. But he said in our case, if it is something in the bacteria or virus in the environment, your new birds will also get sick.
So we are going to try to get a necropsy done at a diagnostic lab at the nearby vet school. They can do exams on dead birds, but the one I have dead will probably be too old by the time we got in in there tomorrow. He said that the best way is for them to take live birds that are about to die. In that case, I will probably take the two sick birds I have now, since both of them are on their way out, esp. the barnevelder, who isn't walking anymore.
Thanks for all the info. I would have never imagined even looking for someone to do a necropsy. I didn't know something like that existed! Thanks for the info on State Vets, or I would have never found this very helpful guy and never found this diagnostic lab. I'll show my thanks by trying to help other people through what I have learned (and yet to learn tomorrow)
Thanks a million
Some things he mentioned:
Walking on hocks in usually a bacterial infection in the joints (as in my silver campine)
It is probably not Marek's since that occurs in birds under 20 weeks of age.
He said that most people are not willing to pay the necropsy fee, just because it is easier and cheaper to just get new birds. But he said in our case, if it is something in the bacteria or virus in the environment, your new birds will also get sick.
So we are going to try to get a necropsy done at a diagnostic lab at the nearby vet school. They can do exams on dead birds, but the one I have dead will probably be too old by the time we got in in there tomorrow. He said that the best way is for them to take live birds that are about to die. In that case, I will probably take the two sick birds I have now, since both of them are on their way out, esp. the barnevelder, who isn't walking anymore.
Thanks for all the info. I would have never imagined even looking for someone to do a necropsy. I didn't know something like that existed! Thanks for the info on State Vets, or I would have never found this very helpful guy and never found this diagnostic lab. I'll show my thanks by trying to help other people through what I have learned (and yet to learn tomorrow)
Thanks a million
