Coccidia and Cryptosporidium in parrots
Other names: Coccidia
Symptoms
- Diarrhea
- Weight loss
How it spreads
Fecal-oral.
Diagnosis
Fecal flotation.
Treatment
Under veterinary supervision. [Update 3] Merck: Cryptosporidium is often a secondary pathogen, and coccidia are more common in pigeons and poultry and rare in parrots.
Prevention
Hygiene; separation from poultry and pigeons.
Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.
Other diseases
- Giardia
- Trichomonas
- Roundworms (ascarids)
- Capillaria worms (hairworms)
- Tapeworms
- Scaly face and leg mite (Knemidocoptes)
- Air sac mites
- Red mite (bird mite)