Wasting (Going light) in pigeons

Cause: A symptom of many causes: worms, canker, tuberculosis, salmonella, coccidia, circo... · Type: Syndromes · Quarantine: 14 days

Other names: Drying out، Wasting، The bird is drying out

Symptoms

• Gradual weight loss and the chest becomes sharp (the keel prominent) despite eating

How it spreads

Depends on the cause.

Diagnosis

Fecal exam + crop swab + culture + necropsy if recurrent.

Treatment

Treat the cause.

Prevention

A periodic testing program.

Treatment and doses are decided by an avian vet after an exam; Zajel does not publish doses.

Sources

• Vogel, Gehrke, Lehmann - 'Taubenkrankheiten' / Vogel & Gylstorff - standard German pigeon disease texts - not fetched
• pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov