Pigeon Disease Primer

Date: February 2, 2015

By: Christine Higbie, DVM

Second Author:Christal Pollock, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice)

Reviewed by: Madeline Rae, DVM, MS, DABVP (Avian Practice) [April 25, 2015] and Thomas Tully, MS, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM [February 10, 2016]

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Categories: Avian,  Pigeon or Dove,  Resources & Education 

The “Pigeon Disease Primer” explores important differential diagnoses for common clinical problems observed in pigeons and doves. Although the clinical approach to the columbiform relies on the same concepts of “One Medicine” used in all species, many of the infectious diseases of pigeons are relatively unique to this taxonomic group, or at least much more prevalent when compared to psittacine birds or songbirds . . .

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Bunbury N. Trichomonad infection in endemic and introduced columbids in the Seychelles. J Wildl Dis 47(3):730-733, 2011.

Geigenfeind I, Vanrompay D, Haag-Wackernagel D. Prevalence of Chlamydia psittaci in the feral pigeon population of Basel, Switzerland. J Med Microbiol 61(Pt 2):261-265, 2012.

Haag-Wackernagel D, Moch H. Health hazards posed by feral pigeons. J Infect 48(4):307-313, 2004.

Sarabia J, Sánchez-Barbudo I, Siqueira W, et al. Lesions associated with the plexus venosus subcutaneus collaris of pigeons with chlorophacinone toxicosis. Avian Dis 52(3):540-543, 2008.

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Vandamme P, Segers P, Ryll M, et al. Pelistega europaea gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons: taxonomic structure and phylogenetic allocation. Int J Syst Bacteriol 48 (Pt 2):431-440, 1998.

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