Oral Fungal Plaques in Fledgling Pigeons

RE: Oral Fungal Plaques in Fledgling Pigeons

Liz Barton — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:53:31 GMT

Trichomonas 'canker' most likely. Use to be more a disease of pigeons/doves, but now thought to be responsible for the rapid reduction in the number of garden finches (where have all the greenfinches gone???).

https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/gbw/gardens-wildlife/garden-birds/disease/trichomonosis

There's a paper quoted in an article on poultrydvm about thyme oil in the drinking water being as effective at MTZ (I haven't read the original paper). We had a recent outbreak in chickens at a rehoming shelter, which our 'chicken vet' treated with organico for a fortnight in the drinking water. All the lesions cleared from a group of 6, 4 of which were affected.

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/canker

RE: Oral Fungal Plaques in Fledgling Pigeons

Jenny Harris — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 17:11:14 GMT

In addition to mark’s reply I have seen a few of these recently too- if you take a swab and make a wet prep you can see the protozoa under the microscope if it’s trichomonas- our local rescue recommends treating- if the lesions don’t look too extensive- with a 5 day course of oral metronidazole solution- the dose is in the exotics formulary.

RE: Oral Fungal Plaques in Fledgling Pigeons

Mark Rowland — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:53:59 GMT

Main dds are candida and trichomonas (the latter being more common).

Carnidazole (Spartrix) would fix trichomonas quickly, Nystatin would sort the candida.

Goodluck