kopetsa
1494 posts
Sep 09, 2008
12:59 PM
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Once a bird is vaccinated for paramyxovirus, does it have to be for the rest of its life? I want to get some Yellows from the U.S. but they have to be vaccinated before entering Canada for paramyxovirus. I don't vaccinate my birds for it, because I have never, myself, heard of a case up here. (where I live) Would the birds die If they were only vaccinated once?
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Thanks,
Andrew
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Santandercol
3017 posts
Sep 09, 2008
10:32 PM
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Where the heck did you hear that Drew?By the way,the birds I imported cost me $155 for the vet check,vaccination by owner,vet's gas expense and USDA vet certification.$50 for the CFIA vet at the Canuck border.6 birds.oh yeah,the cost of the birds too.And I have no intention of vaccinating these birds again.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Sep 09, 2008 10:33 PM
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sippi
541 posts
Sep 10, 2008
6:48 PM
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Andrew if you are adding birds from other lofts to your loft it is a good idea to vac you birds. The only time I ever saw it, I imported it to my loft. If you ever have it you wont want it again. Eradication is the best policy with that disease. Now if I even have a bird act like those symptoms its gone. NO questions asked, MAJOR loft cleaning. I have four lofts and it hit my prize Orientals, only one loft. But still a disaster. I had to put down some really good birds. The culprits were in single mating pens I also removed all them from the gene pool. Florida is a PMV free state but I am super careful if I bring birds in. It is very prevalent in the northeast. PMV is the pigeon variety of newcastles disease. Very common in turkeys.
Sippi
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kopetsa
1499 posts
Sep 10, 2008
10:04 PM
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I have never even heard of a Paramyxovirus case up here in Alberta.. I think the -60 Farenheit kills it.. lol When I get birds they don't immediately go in with my own.. I rarely even put them in my big loft..
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Andrew
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sippi
542 posts
Sep 11, 2008
9:11 AM
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PMV kills so quick you probably wont hear of it. My birds showed symptoms in the morning and were dead the same evening. For the next three days any bird that got droopy got eradicated. Most didnt get droopy, they went from fine to twisted necks to dead. Hope you never see it.
Sippi
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Santandercol
3022 posts
Sep 11, 2008
10:14 PM
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So Sippi,since having to deal with that illness infecting your lofts,what precautions do you take now to insure you don't have that happen again.Up till now I've been a little slack when bringing in new birds,putting them in the loft right away to settle,many times together with other birds already in the loft.I've only been super careful once to be honest and been darn lucky with all birds brought in.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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kopetsa
1514 posts
Sep 12, 2008
3:23 PM
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Do you guys know, Can Paramyxovirus show up in any kind of weather? Is it harder to keep the birds really healthy in warmer climates? Because I have never had a really sick bird in my weather.
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Andrew
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sippi
550 posts
Sep 12, 2008
6:42 PM
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PMV is most prevalent in the summer months. I have never heard of it in the winter but dont know.
Kel I isolate birds that come in to my place for three weeks. If they havent been vaccinated I vaccinate them prior to putting them in proximity to my birds.
I have forty acres here at the house so I can keep them apart pretty easily. I would imagine we have more trouble with sick birds here due to the tropical conditions.
During the hurricane everything was wet for four days and I had two birds get sick within a day after it was over. Wet enviroment is the worst enemy of the pigeon keeper.
Sippi
Last Edited by on Sep 12, 2008 6:43 PM
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