Observations in a colibacillosis outbreak in pigeons

Abstract

The research was conducted during 2014-2016 in a racing pigeon loft, which were divided into 3 categories: flying batch, breeding batch and young. The symptoms that occurred were consisting in digestive manifestations such greenish profuse diarrhea, with foul-smelling and dehydration. In order to establish the diagnosis, a physical, a laboratory and a pathological examination has been conducted. An infection with Escherichia coli was confirmed, thereafter, an appropriate treatment was applied according to the antibiotic sensitivity result. The affected pigeons were divided into two batches, while for the each batch was applied a particular treatment plan. Following the specific treatment, for the batch no. 1, the recovery percentage was 65.38 %, while for the batch no. 2 the recovery percentage 46.15%. For the treatment of the batch no.1, the 4 in 1 Mix product was used, which contains a specially designed combination for pigeons which consists in 6 active substances (flumequine, trimethoprim, colistin sulphate, furaltadone, sulfadiazine, ronidazole).