Currently in our country, the model of raising pigeons for economic development has been applied by many farmers. Because pigeons are easy to raise, have good resistance, and rarely get sick.
However, that does not mean that people are subjective or negligent in preventing diseases for pigeons because disease prevention is extremely important to ensure that pigeons grow and develop well.
In this broadcast, Dr.Vet will share with farmers about periodic and seasonal disease prevention methods for pigeons.
REGULAR PREVENTION METHODS FOR PIGEONS
The goal of disease prevention is to prevent disease transmission to pigeons.
Farmers need to follow the correct technical process step by step as follows:
- Preparation stage before raising pigeons
– People should note that livestock farms should be built far from residential areas, ensuring coolness in the summer, warmth in the winter, and surrounding areas with fences to avoid disease transmission.
– People need to learn about importing pigeons from breeding facilities that are safe from influenza and infectious diseases…
-Before raising pigeons, people must clean and sanitize the entire breeding area, disinfect all cages, cages, feeding troughs, drinking troughs and breeding tools.
-In addition, people need to weed, clear bushes, and clear drains around the pigeon raising area.
- Veterinary hygiene stage in the livestock raising process
During the process of raising pigeons, people need to do the following:
1.About food and water
– People need to ensure that feeding troughs and drinking troughs are cleaned and sprayed with disinfectant or soaked in chloramine B 0.5% once a month. Every day, people change the drinking water and wash the troughs again.
– Drinking water for pigeons must be clean and not contaminated with chemicals, heavy metals, etc.
– People are not allowed to feed pigeons foods that do not meet standards for microorganisms and mold, and need to clean feeding troughs before feeding pigeons.
– It is necessary to ensure the density of pigeons in the barn or cage and ensure enough feeders and drinkers for the pigeons.
- About cleaning the barn and surrounding environment
– Every 10-15 days, farmers spray the entire pigeon cage with disinfectants that can be used when animals are present such as: DEXON SUPER from Interchemie Netherlands or IONDINE @ of VB Pharma company to destroy pathogens that can cause disease in pigeons. Before spraying disinfectant, people need to clean up feces and garbage on the floor of the coop and spray the floor and the pigeon’s feces tray with wet spray.
– People must ensure that the pigeon cage environment is always clean and airy by sweeping daily, cleaning the pigeons’ feeders and drinking troughs, and always changing the water for the pigeons every day, avoiding using Use old water that has been spilled with food.
-In addition, farmers need to periodically sweep spider webs and dirt from the cages, weed and clear trees around the livestock area to avoid animals carrying diseases to the pigeons.
+ Every 1.5 to 2 months, it is necessary to spray once and people should spray all around the pigeon cage and farm area.
+ People can refer to the mosquito killing product HANTOX 200 of Hanvet company
- About hygiene when birds incubate eggs
– People need to change the nest lining for incubating pigeons once a week and clean the place where the birds incubate eggs
-Must dry the materials used to make bedding for pigeons
- About checking the health of birds
– People check in the early morning every day when feeding pigeons to quickly detect unusual symptoms of sick pigeons so that they can take timely measures to treat the pigeons.
+ Check the pigeon’s general condition such as gait, unusual signs of the bird such as paralysis of the legs, drooping, runny eyes, runny nose, coughing, difficulty breathing, etc. Check feces on the floor of the cage
+ Check the eating status to see if the pigeons are eating and drinking as usual, or if some or the whole flock has stopped eating.
-Strictly implement routine vaccination and preventive medicine schedules for birds
– There must be a complete and accurate record of the drugs and vaccines used for the pigeons, the time and date of administration and vaccination.
- Regarding the vaccination schedule for pigeons
Dr.Vet has compiled a list of vaccines that need to be followed according to the procedure for pigeons from when they are young so that people can grasp them as shown in the table above.
Besides:
– Deworm birds once every 4 – 6 months using ALBENOL 100 ORAL product from Interchemie Netherlands.
– Every month, give birds DIMOXAN WS from Interchemie Netherlands or COLITRIM WS from VB Pharma company to prevent diarrhea and other diseases for birds.
– People must have a complete and accurate record of the drugs and vaccines used for birds, the time and date of administration for monitoring.
SEASONAL PREVENTION METHODS FOR PIGEONS
-When the weather changes: It’s too hot or too cold, the air humidity is too high or too low, etc. all cause gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases for pigeons such as: Typhoid, diarrhea, etc. diarrhea, asthma