![]() ![]() It’s been going on for years and some of the birds die. The only protection from the elements the parakeets in that cage have is a sheet of plastic on one outside corner. There are also other parakeets here in a wire cage that juts out from the second floor porch. She has invited me, since I’m concerned, to go over to her house and cover the cage with plastic at night and when the weather is inclement, but I don’t live nearby and don’t think a sheet of plastic is going to keep the birds warm. I have told my friend that parakeets should be kept indoors in windy, cold or rainy weather, but she answers that the cage is too large to bring indoors. The cage has no protection from cold, wind or rain except for a metal sheet on top which overhangs the cage about a half inch. I am concerned about some parakeets (13 presently in one cage) owned by a San Diego friend and kept in a large wooden outdoor cage all year round. Please excuse me for asking you questions about non-patients. Treatment – ivermectin Categories Avian, Care and Health Post navigation Necropsy – +/- airsacculitis, tracheitis, focal pneumoniaħ. Diagnosis – visualizing mite via transillumination of tracheaĦ. Treatment – treat bird, environment, remove birds till mites goneĥ. Symptoms – anemia, respiratory signs, depressionī. Mites spend day in cage, box, nest, etcĥ. Treatment – ronidazol, (Ridsol-S, available in Europe)Ģ. Necropsy – thickened opaque crop, thick roapy salivaĥ. Diagnosis – parasites present on wet mountsĤ. Clinical signs – respiratory, regurgitation,ģ. (1) trophozoites difficult to find (from brains)Ģ. (1) trophozoites easily found on impressionsī. acute – hepato- splenomegaly, catarrhal pneumonia, myositis Acute phase – respiratory signs, may be severeĪ. (1) Toxic signs torticollis, stops w/ end of treatment.Ģ. Treatment – ronidazol (Ridzol) X 5 days, stop 2 days, repeat Diagnosis – based on findings flagellates in fresh, body-warm feces.ħ. Necropsy – Intestine w/ yellow suspension(amylum) andĦ. ![]() Signs – debilitation, “shriveling and staining yellow of theįledglings,” difficulty molting, non-digested seed in droppingsĥ. Clinical disease in young Australian finchesĤ. Common in Bengalese finches – as asymptomatic carriersģ. Diagnosis – trophozoites on scrapings of duodenumĢ. Necropsy – edema / hemorrhage of gut wallĥ. Canaries of all ages older than 2 monthsĤ. Morbidity high (40% of aviaries in Dorrestein study)Ģ. Sulphachlor-pyrazin (Esb 3, 30%) in drinking water 5 daysĥ. Coccidia rarely found in feces (shed only 100-200 oocysts/day)Ī. parasites found on impression smears of organs in cytoplasm lg / sometimes spotted liver (focal necrosis)ĭ. (Goldfinch, Siskins, Greenfinch, Bullfinch)Ī. Young canaries, 2-9 months, European finches coccidium w/ a-sexual life cycle in tissue (organs)ī. Atoxoplasma (formerly Lankestrella) “Thick liver disease”Ī. (* most important infections of canaries)Ī. NO KNOWN TREATMENT – supportive care, soft foods, grit Proventriculitis w/ lg.(40×2 micrometers), gram-pos,Į. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathia, Listeria monocytogenes,Ģ. Very high occurrence in Red hooded siskins, Carduelis cucullatusġ. Intestinal form w/ bacteria in laminae propriaģ. (1) often found accidentally on histopathologyī. “Classical disease” w/ granuloma in organs uncommon dirty bowls, sipper tubes, water systemsĪ. Foul smelling diarrhea, necro-purulent pneumoniaī. dermatitis, “bumble foot,” conjunctivitis, sinusitis,Ģ. may be associated w/ starvation of small birdsĪ. “Hemorrhagic enteritis” / Hemorrhagic diathesisī. (2) Atoxoplasmosis, coccidiosis, psittacosisĢ. Treatment – Trimethoprim +/- sulfa, amoxicillin Identical to Pseudotuberculosis clinically and at necropsyĦ. Treatment – Ampicillin, Amoxicillin, ChloramphenicolĢ. presumptive on impression smears of granuloma (gram pos rod)Ĩ. Morbidity high (Europe 12% of necropsies)Ī. Treatment – erythromycin, furoxon, tetracycline, dimetridazolģ. requires special media, micro-aerophilicĦ. Necropsy – cachexia, congested GI-tractĪ. Signs – “SBS” retarded molt, yellow droppingsĤ. Bengalese (Society) finches commonly asymptomatic carriersģ. Most common in “Tropical finches” (Estrildidae – 40%)Ī. Treatment: Doxycycline in water and / or soft food X 30 daysĢ. Symptoms nonspecific (Sick Bird Signs “SBS”)Ĥ. Low morbidity (0-1/4%) / mortality in passerines (10%)Ģ. Carrier state may exist for several months prior to signsġ. (1) Cytology – look for intracytoplasmic inclusion bodiesģ. Transmission via insects, fomites (direct) The following is a brief outline of the diseases of commonly kept Passerine species, their common presentations, how they are transmitted, their treatment and most importantly their prevention.Ĥ. ![]()
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