Parasites Flashcards
Treatment/control of Red mites?
-Clean and disinfect hen house
- Treat house
- Treat house
Clinical signs of Newcastle Disease?
- Polydipsia
- Polyuria
- Twisted Neck
- poor eye/beak co-ordination
Control of New castle disease?
- Must report to DEFA
- Birds will be slaughtered and premises disinfected
Clinical signs of Syngamus Trachea disease?
-Common in buzzards
- Neck streching
- Coughing
Treatment for Syngmus Trachea?
- Clean and disinfect house
- Treat bird with Anthelmintics
Symptoms of Capillaria (thread worm)?
- Weight loss
- loss of appetite
- chance in voice
- Resp signs
Control/measures for threat worm?
- Dont house birds near compost heap
- dont use straw/hay as bedding
- clean enviro regularly
Vitamin A defiences signs?
- sneezing, coughing, poor condition
- supplement with Vit A
Get from all seed diet, must give fresh fruit and veg.
Vitamin E Deficences?
- Occurs with rancid food
Signs muscle disease, birds are susceptible to other diseases
Iodine Deficencies??
- Common in budges
- poor feathers
- change in voice
Supplement with Iodine add to water or Iodine block
Calcium Defiences ??
-Common in African Grey Parrots
- metabolic bone disease
- soft eggs
- incoordination
Need regular supplements of cuttlefish.
Soft bills Diet?
- Nectar - liquid or dry
- Needs replaced regulary
- fruit flies - live food let out into Aviary in small groups
Parrots Diet?
- Parrot seed mix
- fresh fruit
- cuttle fish
Complete parrot diet
Parrot Accommodation?
- large aviary access to shelter out side
- Easy to clean
- suitable number of food and water dishes
- plants
- heating and lighting for winter
Accommodation for Finches?
- cage large enuff for full flight
- Extra heating and lighting in winter
- Perches at either end of cage for max flight
Who requires grit in there diet?
Pigeons and doves
Why should maggots not be fead to birds?
Botulism - they eat rotten meat
Describe sprouting pulses?
Adds variety to diet, high in protein goes off quick in winter
Fruits not to feed birds?
Avocados and citrus fruits
Quarantine for sick birds?
- isolate sick birds and treat asap
- separate person should treat ill birds
- use separate food/water bowls
- separate air space
Clinical signs of red mites?
- restless
- feather picking
- anaemia
- drop in egg production
