Category: Articles_By_Henk
About vacins against virusses and Paratyphoid
About Vaccines for Viral Diseases and Paratyphoid (Bacterial) When writing an article about pigeon diseases these days, it’s impossible to avoid discussing Paratyphoid, which has been one of my focal points for over 50 years. During that time, I’ve witnessed countless cases of this disease, not only in Europe but in all continents where I…
DEADLY E.COLI INFECTIONS IN GERMANY
DEADLY E.COLI INFECTIONS IN GERMANY Sick pigeons following exhibitions For several years now, we have been consulted by German pigeon fanciers in particular, who have had big problems during and after exhibitions and not only with their exhibited pigeons.The problem especially occurs with various kinds of show pigeons, some species seem more sensitive than others.…
A HIVE OF ACTIVITY IN THE PIGEON PRACTICE
A HIVE OF ACTIVITY IN THE PIGEON PRACTICE It seems that the health problems of our pigeons this year are more serious than in previous years! We are overwhelmed by requests for help from all over the world. Especially by phone, but also via emails with pictures and videos of pigeons with problems, and of course in the clinic.…
RIDDLES IN PIGEON RACING
RIDDLES IN PIGEON RACING Incomprehensible losses with young pigeons One of the great riddles in our beautiful sport is the incomprehensible losses of young pigeons. Of course, young go missing when they don’t fly enough and build up too little experience and ‘orientation’. And if they’re weak, sick or nauseous, it’s easier to lose them. Once they’ve…
LOOKING BACK AT THE SEASON
LOOKING BACK AT THE SEASON Coccidosis problems Looking back at the season, we can conclude that there wasn’t much news from a medical point of view. On the understanding that due to the high rainfall and therefore high humidity in certain months, full-blown coccidiosis problems arose. Something we hadn’t actually seen in years.Many thought that coccidiosis wasn’t a problem…
PROBLEMS WITH DOPING REGULATIONS
Problems with doping regulations Pigeon racing after WWII The time that certain ‘lofts’ later in the season (August/September) were flying stars from the sky, is already many years behind us. It started, like so much in pigeon racing, in Belgium. That’s also where the best pigeons come from, which is logical when you realize that the Germans seized many more…
START OF THE RACING SEASON
START OF THE RACING SEASON The new racing season had barely just begun and after about four flights we see the first problems appearing again. As every year, these are the problems with the upper (front) respiratory tract. We have also come up with a name for it: ‘blocked nasal passage‘. Blocked nasal passage In fact, these…
CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS Clinical diagnostics is one of my hobbyhorses. This means that based on the symptoms of the pigeon(s) plus the story (complaints) of the owner and the questions and answers about these complaints (anamnesis), you will look over several possible causes of the problems and come to a (probability) diagnosis.As there are so few veterinarians in the pigeon world who have some knowledge of…
PROBLEMS WITH BREEDING
PROBLEMS WITH BREEDING When breeding in February, we are regularly confronted with problems of various kinds. That starts with not laying on time. This should normally be about 10 days after pairing, but there are many reasons why this doesn’t always happen, for example fat hens, too young or too old hens, or problems with the…
A LESSON IN CURRENT CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
A LESSON IN CURRENT CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS During this time of year (April/May) we are often consulted about specific problems with old and young birds! Whereas with the old pigeons after about four races we always have problems with the upper respiratory tract, with the young pigeons we mainly see gastrointestinal problems. Hot topic with old birds The complaint is…