smallkit
5 posts
Feb 20, 2010
9:27 PM
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Ihave kept birds for some time and this is the first time dealing with paratyphoid. Just had to get rid of a young bird . Now its parents i must keep an eye on. Ishowed my wife the bird with it neck all twisted and it freaked her out.
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nicksiders
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4153 posts
Feb 20, 2010
9:35 PM
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Paratyphoid is spread by:
* inhalation of dust containing the pathogen
* contaminated feed (insects, mice, rats)
* dirty feed troughs and water bowls
* mating
* transmission from the hen to the egg
* feeding the nestlings with infected crop milk and billing
* chronic carriers: pigeons that appear healthy after surviving salmonella infection, but shed the pathogen at irregular intervals and thus pose a risk to the current flock and their progeny.
Cull severely affected pigeons before beginning the treatment, since it is unlikely that they can be cured.
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Last Edited by on Feb 20, 2010 9:39 PM
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nicksiders
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4154 posts
Feb 20, 2010
9:46 PM
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Treatment use bayril or amoxicillin. Use on the whole breeding flock and then take care of the areas that may be causing the infection.
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nicksiders
GOLD MEMBER
4155 posts
Feb 20, 2010
9:49 PM
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There are similar infections that will give the twisted neck thing in a squab: Paramyxovirus infection, Ornithosis, Coccidiosis, worm infestation, organ form of Trichomoniasis. These are much easier to control and treat
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smallkit
6 posts
Feb 20, 2010
10:32 PM
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culled the youngster. The parents are in thier own box away from the rest of my birds. My wife was yelling first you deal with the B.O.P.s and now this!
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nicksiders
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4158 posts
Feb 21, 2010
1:40 AM
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If you only have that one squab showing that affliction and the parents are not showing any signs of affliction I would bet it is worms. I would treat every bird on the property for worms if you haven't already.
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NO 1 CHAMP
78 posts
Feb 23, 2010
3:13 PM
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hi smallkit i think your being mis informed by nicksiders the symptoms you describe wont be worms you will find its either paramyxo or a salmonella related infection but if its 1 young bird it may simply have been born with some kind of nervous disorder which may have become more noticable as its got slighty older but if the bird was normal to begin with but has now showed the signs you describe i would say its para or salmonella related
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bigwilly
1115 posts
Feb 23, 2010
10:30 PM
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alot of my friends in L.A. had this problem this past season. They lost some really good birds
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Squabby*32
189 posts
Feb 24, 2010
12:40 AM
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I hope you cure your problem and all your birds are healthy. Good luck.
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smallkit
7 posts
Feb 24, 2010
2:02 PM
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The bird was about 3 weeks old. Its gone the parents seem to be good.
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BMC1
8 posts
Feb 25, 2010
12:24 AM
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That's the age paratyphoid kicks in. 3 weeks to incubate is the general rule. I had 1 case this year.
I treated the bird with amoxicillin. Not much noticed.
I then wormed the youngster and you would not believe
what came out. I will try to post pics tomorrow.The parents are on their 3rd round for the year and no others have showed any signs of twisted necks. The youngster is just fine as of today.
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