(Veterinary) medicines

(Veterinary) medicines

(Veterinary) medicines Antibiotics are the most important group of medicines (veterinary medicines) in pigeon racing. Due to the way pigeon racing is conducted, there are enormous contamination possibilities, especially through the collective transportation that take...
Test PMV-Herpesvaccine

Test PMV-Herpesvaccine

Test PMV-Herpes vaccine Herpes Results of a test undertaken on 3 lofts with an average of 100 youngsters last season in the Netherlands with the Czech combi vaccine Paramyxo-Herpes which is not registered in NL/B/DE etc., probably only in the Czech Republic. As I used...
Dead pigeons, a nightmare for every pigeon fancier

Dead pigeons, a nightmare for every pigeon fancier

Dead pigeons, a nightmare for every pigeon fancier Every day for the past 45 years, we have dozens of pigeon racers getting in contact from all over the world. There are very few things we are not asked, and we always listen seriously (sometimes in 5 languages) to the...
Aspergillosis in pigeons

Aspergillosis in pigeons

Aspergillosis in pigeons FungalThis disease is caused in pigeons by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and in rare cases by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger. The fungus spreads by forming threads and can spread over a surface. Multiplication takes place by...
Laying problems

Laying problems

Laying problems Year in, year out, we are consulted during the breeding period because hens (of course) are laying irregularly or not at all. The latter refers to hens that lay very late, for example more than 2.5 weeks after pairing or produce abnormal eggs such as...
A lesson in current clinical diagnostics

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...