Posts Tagged ‘parasites’
Giardia
Treatment and Prevention of Giardia In Birds What is giardiasis? Giardiasis is the term for infection with the protozoan Giardia. These are spherical parasites with four flagella at one pole and a single undulating membrane along one length. Where does Giardia live? Giardia attach to the intestines of their hosts. They have a motile trophozoite…
Read MoreScaly Mites In Birds
Scaly Mites General Information Scaly mites, Cnemidocoptes pillae, are a microscopic species of mite that cause skin problems (‘scaly face’, ‘scaly leg’ and ‘tassel foot’) by burrowing under the skin in budgerigars, canaries, finches and a variety of other bird species. Cnemidocoptes mutans is a close cousin that causes scaly leg in chickens. Scaly Mites…
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Intestinal rupture caused by a heavy round worm (ascarid) infestation Bird Parasites Treatment and Prevention Common worm parasites in pet birds include roundworms (e.g. Ascarids and Heterakis), Capillaria, strongyles, tapeworms and spiruroids (gizzard worms). Tape worms and spiruroids have an indirect life cycle with a variety of beetles and insects acting as intermediate hosts and…
Read MoreChicken Coccidiosis | Cocci in birds
Treatment of Coccidiosis in Chickens Coccidiosis in Chickens is is caused by a protozoa. The chicken coccidia lives and infects various sites in the intestine and damages the intestinal lining. With a heavy infection birds loose weight, have diarrhoea, sometimes have red blood in the droppings and even death. Poultry Vets have found that coccidia…
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Round Worms From a Chicken Treatment of Worms In Poultry Chicken worms, chicken coccidia, and poultry mites and lice, are common and regularly seen. Round worms in chickens have a life cycle of about three weeks. Consequently from the time the egg is eaten by the bird, and the worm grows inside the chicken, and…
Read MoreCaring For Canaries
Canaries (Serinus canaria domestica) – Boder, Red Factor, Norwich, Fife, Gloster, Roller, Lizard, Yorkshire. Domestic canaries evolved from wild finches that still live on islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. They were originally brought to Europe by sailors in the 17th Century because of the beautiful singing ability of the cockbirds…
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