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Because we could no longer cope with the increase in the number of questions and fanciers had to wait (too) long for an answer, we have decided to close off our question section. Furthermore, the great majority of new questions submitted has already been answered in the past.
As we want to keep offering interesting medical information to our readers, we will now concentrate more on those general Ask The Vet articles which have already been published on our homepage in the past. In addition, our Ask The Vet archive, which contains numerous questions and answers, is a mine of information which will still remain at your disposal.
Good afternoon Doc, I was wondering how long one would give the med's for malaira to our birds before racing season?
odpowiedź od: Ruben Lanckriet
Dear Madam/Sir,
This is most likely a good way of treating according to literature, but to be honest I do not have practical experience with this disease as we do not (yet) have pigeon malaria in Belgium.
Kind regards
Can you tell me about malaria in pigeons please and what would you recommend to treat the birds?
odpowiedź od: Ruben Lanckriet
Dear Madam/Sir,
Malaria in pigeons is caused by a protozoon that infects the red blood cells. It looks like malaria in humans but is not so pathogenic. If the pigeons are infected, though, they do have a bad condition and the racing results are bad. This parasite is common in some regions of the world and less common in others. It depends very much of the presence of the mosquitos or flies that carry the disease and infect other birds by biting. A good treatment is primaquine, also used for prevention.
Kind regards
