Antibiotics During Racing

Antibiotics During Racing


Although the practice of using antibiotics for only a few days each week is considered inappropriate in veterinary medicine, it is a practice approved by most pigeon veterinarians.

Our birds are highly stressed during shipping and racing and are therefore very susceptible to various infectious agents. To prevent problems, the birds can be treated with antibiotics every week or every other week for 2 days. This practice is helpful in preventing bacterial diseases, but has no effect on viral infections.

The antibiotics I'm comfortable using during the race season are: SMZ-TMP, either doxycycline or tetracycline in conjunction with Tylan Powder, Gallimycin, Vetisulid and amoxicillin. I have combined these antibiotics with Corid and Baycox (for coccidia), and Ridzol and Emtryl (for canker) without any obvious undesirable effects.

While we're on the topic of disease prevention, be sure your birds are vaccinated for PMV and parathyphoid (and Pox for young birds), as these diseases are far easier to prevent than cure.

good info ian, was reading the directions on the eye drops for my bird with one eyed cold......it said not to be used on birds/animals which are to be consumed by humans, so there must be something in it which is unfit for humans

by the way the eyedrops have made almost 100% recovery after only a couple of days, so if anyone ever has one eyed cold in future I HAVE A CURE !!!!!!!!!!

david pleased to here its worked

yes so am i, the hen is a 2010 bird i got during the season but was too young to race, she is a cyrel dendyver (spelt something like that...lol) which are supposed to be very good sprinters, and i am hoping to pair her to one of my janssens.

hi David, what's called 'cold eye',never heared this before. any symptom?

just the same as us aexhe watery eye

I see, cheers

Good bit of Info Ian but the eye drops have been used for years in belguim

you dont say

alexhe wrote:

hi David, what's called 'cold eye',never heared this before. any symptom?

hi alex, one eyed cold is where one of the eyes goes all watery and it causes the bird discomfort and irritates the bird also..........i saw mine scratching at the eye with her foot, as far as i can gather from others no one really knows what causes it but the eyedrops i used were from the chemist and are for eye infections and they work a treat.......

But you forgot something Ian by using the drops you can also see how well your pigeons are

And by this i mean if the drop disapperers quiclky they are in good condition but if the drop takes time to disapperer into the eye then they are not as well as the others

you dont say don

Yes Ian i do say if that is O.K

go boil your head don

Thank you

my pleasure don

Your very welcome

Saw these two posts above and thought you were being kind to each other......till I looked on the first page


Thanks for the info Ian, very helpful

If you chop a carot into pea size and put about 6 pieces over there throat for two days usualy clears one eyed cold.

one drop of panalog clears it up in one day

Never said it wouldnt.Cost to pensioner. Carots always in house so much cheper.Not trying to knock your qure.

never heard of this before has anybody else heard of this lie to here you view

no

I take offence to being called a lier by you or any one. I was just trying to be helpfull but you just seem to abuse people.So i wont leave my self open to any more of your abuse so i wont be back on this site.THERE IS A NAME FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.But i would not be allowed to use it on this site.BY

wasnt saying you are a liar mate it was meant to say like not lie as i have said before i have a sticky k on laptop sometimes it wors other times it doesnt soory if you misunderstood no offence meant