Other Peregrine Projects > Canadian Peregrines
ON / Windsor - Ambassador Bridge - 2009-12
Alison:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on June 22, 2009, 21:44 ---I checked through our 20 years of nesting records (at a total of 6 nestsites) and I can't find any occurrence of frounce in any of our chicks/birds.
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Considering that Frounce is relatively common in peregrines, I think this is a great record.
allikat:
Whew...I tried to correct a quote but can't so this is a post for nothing ::)
I'm having issues taking a section out of a quoted paragraph to comment on it...Again, allikat seems to be having trouble with quoting!
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: Alison on June 22, 2009, 19:58 ---
--- Quote from: bev. on June 21, 2009, 20:30 ---TPC. Is there anyway that trounce can be treated as a precaution , before they actually have it.
Preventative measure, per say.
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Bev, I have known of several sites where the chicks have been treated prophylactically for Frounce. I am not sure how effective this really is - perhaps TPC has more info on that. The same medication that is used to treat Frounce, Flagyl (Metronidazole) is also used to treat Giardia in birds. If it is used when that organism is not actively shedding, it will have no effect. Flagyl is also very hard on the liver, so it is not something to be overused.
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All fungicides are hard on the liver - human or bird - so as a prophylaxsis, it is can be seen to be as great a risk to the chicks health (small liver, easier to damage) as frounce if they acquire it. I checked through our 20 years of nesting records (at a total of 6 nestsites) and I can't find any occurrence of frounce in any of our chicks/birds.
Alison:
--- Quote from: bev. on June 21, 2009, 20:30 ---TPC. Is there anyway that trounce can be treated as a precaution , before they actually have it.
Preventative measure, per say.
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Bev, I have known of several sites where the chicks have been treated prophylactically for Frounce. I am not sure how effective this really is - perhaps TPC has more info on that. The same medication that is used to treat Frounce, Flagyl (Metronidazole) is also used to treat Giardia in birds. If it is used when that organism is not actively shedding, it will have no effect. Flagyl is also very hard on the liver, so it is not something to be overused.
The Peregrine Chick:
No, fungicides are not something you can just "give" they are very powerful ... and fungal infections tend to take hold where there is a weaker immunity, so the female chick may well have had other problems that just had not yet manifested themselves ... and could have been passed along to her young if shew were to survive long enough to breed successfully ...
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