Trichomoniasis occurs in pigeon flocks worldwide. It is especially feared as a rearing disease with severe losses.

Pathogen:

Trichomonas gallinae is a monocellular, motile flagellate. Nearly all pigeons are carriers of trichomonads, which live in the mucosa of the beak and throat, the gullet and the crop. Infected pigeons excrete the parasites in saliva and faeces. Adult pigeons infect the young when feeding crop milk.

Symptoms of the disease:

In adult pigeons and fledglings, there is a noticable decrease in vitality, reluctance to fly, diarrhoea and a reddening of the throat. As the infection progresses, "yellow buttons" appear on the palatal mucosa, developing into caseous yellow deposits (canker). Do not detach the deposits due to risk of bleeding.

Nestlings develop an umbilical infection and an abscess is formed which can spread to the internal organs. At 10-14 days of age, pungent-smelling liquid droppings and the first signs of retarded growth are observed, with the nestlings constantly squeaking for food.

Recognition of the disease:

Trichomonads are demonstrated microscopically in moist smears from the pharyngeal or crop mucosa of a living or recently killed pigeon. In a cadaver, it is possible to demonstrate the pathogen for up to 20 hours after death.

It is caused by a flagellate, living on the mucous membranes of the throat and the crop.

Symptoms of Canker:

Yellow little growings easy to spot when open the pigeons beak ,sometimes looks like a loose membrane (make no mistake it s not)

Loss of appetite

Problem digesting

Watery dropings

Products for treatment :

Tricho Stop - is a 100 & Natural treatment for Canker developed by Orga Biotik with no side effects whatsoever.

Other products are :

Ronidazole (Ridzol)(DAC)

Metronidazole (Flagyl) (DAC)

B.S. (Belgica-DeWeerd)

Ronidazole 10% (Pantex)

Ronidazole 40 (Pantex)

Spartrix

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