Such disease as infectious cold or gemofilez often occurs among young pigeons. It can be caused by a lack of vitamins or overcooling. Also often arises after long flights of an unprepared pigeon or at defeat of an ektoparazitama. Signs of the desease appear in 3-5 days after infection. It, as a rule, release of liquid from nasal openings of a pigeon and also inflammation of mucous membranes of airways. Especially hard cases of a disease are followed by a blindness. However the disease is curable.
Instruction
1. Remember that this disease – infectious. And main way infectionsof is contact of sick pigeons with healthy. Therefore if you found out that the pigeon is sick, then organize him a quarantine for 30-40 days. Surely protect it from other birds.
2. Treatment needs to be carried out as follows - take a gauze tampon, previously having moistened it in solution of oxytetracycline, strong infusion of tea or Furacilin. Carry out cleaning of the nasal courses of a pigeon.
3. Then take a stupid thin needle with the syringe. Gather solution of streptomycin, penicillin and oxytetracycline. Enter into the nasal courses. If you want to achieve excellent results, then continue a course of treatment within 5-6 days. Sulfanamide medicines are also effective. They should be added to drinking water within several days. Also they can be used with the preventive purpose.
4. To prevent diseases of pigeons, avoid drafts in dovecots, dampness, maintain dryness indoors and from time to time disinfect a dovecot.
5. Regularly you carry out prevention of a disease by vitamin A. It promotes growth of pigeons, increases the resilience of mucous membranes of airways.