Canker treatment

[NeilA]

Those of us that treat for canker every few weeks/ months what is your preferred brand or preferred ingredient in the product would be a better question

[CHARLTON34]

Koi pond product acriflavine Neil, Anthony Webster put this on when on Pigeon Chat, cheep as chips.

[NeilA]

Koi pond product acriflavine Neil, Anthony Webster put this on when on Pigeon Chat, cheep as chips.

That suppresses it , I have used it for years always in the mid week before a race you fancy works well particularly up the wattle I know Anthony put it on corn though but I wanted it to kill fungus and any crap in the wattle to the back of the throat
But it’s it’s no emtryl as a treatment

[Murray]

Koi pond product acriflavine Neil, Anthony Webster put this on when on Pigeon Chat, cheep as chips.

The yellow drops, acriflavine. Some people like them. Others think they can cause more problems if they are not used properly.

[Murray]

As Ad Schaerlaeckens says in his Dutch manner, what you often cure for is what they will get.
I don't treat for canker routinely, although I did treat the lot when we moved here after they had spent the winter in a dirty old hen house.
I think Emtryl at about 2/3 the stated dose for a week is the best if you have to do it. It's tough on them and at full strength I worry that it can harm the fertility.
Ronidizole is not as severe, seems to have no side effects, but doesn't seem to be as effective.

[NeilA]

As Ad Schaerlaeckens says in his Dutch manner, what you often cure for is what they will get.
I don't treat for canker routinely, although I did treat the lot when we moved here after they had spent the winter in a dirty old hen house.
I think Emtryl at about 2/3 the stated dose for a week is the best if you have to do it. It's tough on them and at full strength I worry that it can harm the fertility.
Ronidizole is not as severe, seems to have no side effects, but doesn't seem to be as effective.

I agree
It does the job
I do think a lot of pigeons have canker that goes unnoticed as there are no easy to see signs like the yellow in the throat always
But I’m no vet just my way plus it’s only one good treatment since July to say April

[Murray]

And just reading the weather thread every day, you blokes do get a great deal of rain. Cold and damp is the perfect environment for canker to lurk in.

Here in sunny St Arnaud, we had 5.8 mm of rain for October. Just 5.8 mil. That's not quite 1/4 of an inch. And the daytime temperatures were pleasant and quite warm. No doubt the pigeons are carrying a certain number of trichomonads, they all do, but warm and dry, the pigeons very seldom come down with canker.

[king]

I treat for Canker ONCE a year with Dac Metronidazole 10%. While the birds are sitting the first round of eggs. Too suppress it during the rest of the year they are given Povidone iodine twice a week. 1mil per litre

[NeilA]

And just reading the weather thread every day, you blokes do get a great deal of rain. Cold and damp is the perfect environment for canker to lurk in.

Here in sunny St Arnaud, we had 5.8 mm of rain for October. Just 5.8 mil. That's not quite 1/4 of an inch. And the daytime temperatures were pleasant and quite warm. No doubt the pigeons are carrying a certain number of trichomonads, they all do, but warm and dry, the pigeons very seldom come down with canker.

Excellent point Murray

[NeilA]

I treat for Canker ONCE a year with Dac Metronidazole 10%. While the birds are sitting the first round of eggs. Too suppress it during the rest of the year they are given Povidone iodine twice a week. 1mil per litre

Good point King I use that product but only once a week