Every four weeks on a Saturday, we will select some very interesting questions and answers concerning a certain topic (disease, medicine, etc.) and publish them on our homepage. Today's topic is paratyphoid.

Apparue simultanément dans toute l'Europe dans les années 1980, elle a alors fait de gros ravages. Ensuite, si elle est restée toujours aussi virulente dans les colonies atteintes, elle ne s'est plus manifestée que dans les régions et dans les colombiers où la couverture vaccinale était insuffisante.

De weg naar de top, door Dr Pascal Lanneau

Paratyphoid is caused by a Salmonella bacteria. This Salmonella var. Copenhagen is specific for pigeons. Although this disease is widely acknowledged by pigeon fanciers it is still an underestimated illness.

The sickness streptococcosis is a frequent disorder by pigeons. It is caused by a bacteria Streptococcus gallolyticus and in addition to paratyfus and chlamydiosis it is one of the most common bacterial pigeon diseases.

The sickness streptococcosis is a frequently occurring disorder in pigeons. It is caused by the bacteria Streptococcus gallolyticus and is next to paratyphoid and chlamydia one of the most frequently occurring bacterial pigeon illnesses.

Mijn scriptie om af te studeren als dierenarts handelde over een nieuw antibioticum florfenicol en zijn eventuele werking tegen paratyfus bij sportduiven.

Vaccinate your youngsters in time!!! For a few years circovirosis has been a new threat to our young pigeon population. Young pigeons, younger than 1 year are very vulnerable for infection, especially up to 4 months old.

Een duivenmelkerslong is een allergische reactie van longweefsel door contact met duivenstof.

I have come across an interesting case recently. A mondain breeder called me because one of his hens was unable to lay the egg that was palpable just before the cloaca. He tried to lubricate the cloaca by administering some paraffin oil in it but it did not help.

Bacteria are single-cell creatures that are invisible to the naked eye. Their size varies from 0.1 to 10 microns (1 millimetre = 1,000 microns). Their structure varies from the simple to the complicated – for example, some do not even have a cell wall. For our purposes, we distinguish beneficial and pathogenic bacteria, though this classification is arbitrary and not necessarily precise. For example, some types of bacteria are largely beneficial or neutral for pigeons, but in certain conditions can still become pathogens.