Wet Pox

[Age-of-Goositude]

I experienced wet Pox last summer it was tragic. I looked it up and there is literally no cure but to try to boost their immune system. I thought it was canker at first but there was yellow balls of plaque strewn down yhe back of their throat and chunks growing in their air holes. We pulled the plaque out from their airway with tweazers very carefully and gave them electrolytes and vitamins and brought them inside out of 12, one died. This was my first time experiencing and discovering this disease also after your bird survives this I read they become immune like chicken pox. Have you experienced this? What did you do? What is the best coarse of action?

 

[Abriana]

I've experienced something sort of like this. I don't know if it was wet pox or canker however. I caught it very, very, very early whatever it was, and swabbed twice per day with oregano oil. Took a few weeks to clear up but I've treated four or five hens with this problem and this has worked every time.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sine many different types of infections(viruses, bacterial, fungal, and protozoa) can cause plaques inside the beak and throat, airway, esophagus, it is always best to get a diagnosis. ILT, coryza, canker, wet pox, and other diseases may cause similar plaques. If there was obvious dry pox on the skin, conbs, or wattles, wet pox may have been assumed. With the bird that died, I would have refriigerated the body and tried to get a necropsy by the state vet, which would have gotten a diagnosis. Here are some good links to read about fowl pox:
https://www.hyline.com/aspx/redbook/redbook.aspx?s=5&p=35

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/fowlpox/fowlpox-in-chickens-and-turkeys