DEREK T DOBSON

Updated 19th August 2008 20.00PM
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The Budgerigar Society -
Ring Specification and Colour Code
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| BLACKPOOL BS Open show 2008 is cancelled due to school maintenance |
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Pet birds: Bird Flu is a disease that mainly affects birds,not humans. By following these simple steps in the event of a bird flu outbreak there is no reason to stop keeping pet birds: • Avoid contact between your pet birds and wild birds • Always clean up after dealing with your birds,especially wash your hands • Do not bring wild bird droppings into your home through dirty clothes and shoes • Ensure that any new bird comes from are putable source For more information about bird flu and biosecurity, visit the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk or phone 08459 33 55 77 for the Defra Helpline. |
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NCA offers clubs insurance cover BIRD clubs and associations will make substantial savings, thanks to a new £2 million insurance policy negotiated by the National Council for Aviculture (NCA). For an additional £40 per annum, all societies affiliated to the NCA can purchase the third-party liability through the association to cover all shows and meetings. Members of the Canary Council, Budgerigar Society, Foreign Bird Federation and British Bird Council can access the insurance policy through their own organisation. Canary Council chairman Barry Mills wants to make as many specialist canary clubs as possible aware of the new scheme so they can take advantage of it. Mr Mills said: "This insurance scheme provides f2 million of public liability cover for all meetings and shows held by the club during the year. Among other benefits, it even provides cover in the unlikely event of claims that may arise from the negligence of the club's officers in running the club's affairs." NCA secretary Dave Whittaker wants all cage bird societies and non-specialist or independent bird clubs to know that the scheme is also open to them if they are directly affiliated to the NCA. "Their annual NCA subscription is £20 and they can secure the insurance cover at the special price of £40. So for £60 they get NCA membership benefits and insurance cover for less than they have probably paid for insurance alone up until now. It represents a very good deal." Mr Whittaker emphasised that the NCA exists to represent the interests of all bird keepers at local, national and European levels. The main focus of the association's mission is to take care of all those matters which affect the hobby, he said. • Further details and application forms are available from Dave Whittaker, NCA secretary, Davies House, Spnng Gardens. Northampton NN1 1DR. |
| The Budgerigar Society World Championship Show will be held on the weekend of 27th to 28th September 2008 at The Dome, Doncaster. For further details please contact the BS office on 01604 624549. |
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| 2 | 14/15 Jan | 13/14 Jan | 12/13 Jan | 10/11 Jan | 16/17 Jan | 15/16 Jan |
| 3 | 21/22 Jan | 20/21 Jan | 19/20 Jan | 17/18 Jan | 23/24 Jan | 22/23 Jan |
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| 5 | 4/5 Feb | 3/4 Feb | 2/3 Feb | 31Jan/1Feb | 6/7 Feb | 5/6 Feb |
| 6 | 11/12 Feb | 10/11 Feb | 9/10 Feb | 7/8 Feb | 13/14 Feb | 12/13 Feb |
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| 8 | 25/26 Feb | 24/25 Feb | 23/24 Feb | 21/22 Feb | 27/28 Feb | 26/27 Feb |
| 9 | 4/5 Mar | 3/4 Mar | 1/2 Mar | 28 Feb/1 Mar | 6/7 Mar | 5/6 Mar |
| 10 | 11/12 Mar | 10/11 Mar | 8/9 Mar | 7/8 Mar | 13/14 Mar | 12/13 Mar |
| 11 | 18/19 Mar | 17/18 Mar | 15/16 Mar | 14/15 Mar | 20/21 Mar | 19/20 Mar |
| 12 | 25/26 Mar | 24/25 Mar | 22/23 Mar | 21/22 Mar | 27/28 Mar | 26/27 Mar |
| 13 | 1/2 Apr | 31Mar/1 Apr | 29/30 Mar | 28/29 Mar | 3/4 Apr | 2/3 Apr |
| 14 | 8/9 Apr | 7/8 Apr | 5/6 Apr | 4/5 Apr | 10/11 Apr | 9/10 Apr |
| 15 | 15/16 Apr | 14/15 Apr | 12/13 Apr | 11/12 Apr | 17/18 Apr | 16/17 Apr |
| 16 | 22/23 Apr | 21/22 Apr | 19/20 Apr | 18/19 Apr | 24/25 Apr | 23/24 Apr |
| 17 | 29/30 Apr | 28/29 Apr | 26/27 Apr | 25/26 Apr | 1/2 May | 30 Apr/1 May |
| 18 | 6/7 May | 5/6 May | 3/4 May | 2/3 May | 8/9 May | 7/8 May |
| 19 | 13/14 May | 12/13 May | 10/11 May | 9/10 May | 15/16 May | 14/15 May |
| 20 | 20/21 May | 19/20 May | 17/18 May | 16/17 May | 22/23 May | 21/22 May |
| 21 | 27/28 May | 26/27 May | 24/25 May | 23/24 May | 29/30 May | 28/29 May |
| 22 | 3/4 Jun | 2/3 Jun | 31May/1Jun | 30/31 May | 5/6 Jun | 4/5 Jun |
| 23 | 10/11 Jun | 9/10 Jun | 7/8 Jun | 6/7 Jun | 12/13 Jun | 11/12 Jun |
| 24 | 17/18 Jun | 16/17 Jun | 14/15 Jun | 13/14 Jun | 19/20 Jun | 18/19 Jun |
| 25 | 24/25 Jun | 23/24 Jun | 21/22 Jun | 20/24 Jun | 26/27 Jun | 25/26 Jun |
| 26 | 1/2 Jul | 30 Jun/1 Jul | 28/29 Jun | 27/28 Jun | 3/4 Jul | 2/3 Jul |
| 27 | 8/9 Jul | 7/8 Jul | 5/6 Jul | 4/5 Jul | 10/11 Jul | 9/10 Jul |
| 28 | 15/16 Jul | 14/15 Jul | 12/13 Jul | 11/12 Jul | 17/18 Jul | 16/17 Jul |
| 29 | 22/23 Jul | 21/22 Jul | 19/20 Jul | 18/19 Jul | 24/25 Jul | 23/24 Jul |
| 30 | 29/30 Jul | 28/29 Jul | 26/27 Jul | 25/26 Jul | 31Jul/1Aug | 30/31 Jul |
| 31 | 5/6 Aug | 4/5 Aug | 2/3 Aug | 1/2 Aug | 7/8 Aug | 6/7 Aug |
| 32 | 12/13 Aug | 11/12 Aug | 9/10 Aug | 8/9 Aug | 14/15 Aug | 13/14 Aug |
| 33 | 19/20 Aug | 18/19 Aug | 16/17 Aug | 15/16 Aug | 21/22 Aug | 20/21 Aug |
| 34 | 26/27 Aug | 25/26 Aug | 23/24 Aug | 22/23 Aug | 28/29 Aug | 27/28 Aug |
| 35 | 2/3 Sep | 1/2 Sep | 30/31 Aug | 29/30 Aug | 4/5 Sep | 3/4 Sep |
| 36 | 9/10 Sep | 8/9 Sep | 6/7 Sep | 5/6 Sep | 11/12 Sep | 10/11 Sep |
| 37 | 16/17 Sep | 15/16 Sep | 13/14 Sep | 12/13 Sep | 18/19 Sep | 17/18 Sep |
| 38 | 23/24 Sep | 22/23 Sep | 20/21 Sep | 19/20 Sep | 25/26 Sep | 24/25 Sep |
| 39 | 30 Sept/1 Oct | 29/30 Sep | 27/28 Sep | 26/27 Sep | 2/3 Oct | 1/2 Oct |
| 40 | 7/8 Oct | 6/7 Oct | 4/5 Oct | 3/4 Oct | 9/10 Oct | 8/9 Oct |
| 41 | 14/15 Oct | 13/14 Oct | 11/12 Oct | 10/11 Oct | 16/17 Oct | 15/16 Oct |
| 42 | 21/22 Oct | 20/21 Oct | 18/19 Oct | 17/18 Oct | 23/24 Oct | 22/23 Oct |
| 43 | 28/29 Oct | 27/28 Oct | 25/26 Oct | 24/25 Oct | 30/31 Oct | 29/30 Oct |
| 44 | 4/5 Nov | 3/4 Nov | 1/2 Nov | 31Oct/1 Nov | 6/7 Nov | 5/6 Nov |
| 45 | 11/12 Nov | 10/11 Nov | 8/9 Nov | 7/8 Nov | 13/14 Nov | 12/13 Nov |
| 46 | 18/19 Nov | 17/18 Nov | 15/16 Nov | 14/15 Nov | 20/21 Nov | 19/20 Nov |
| 47 | 25/26 Nov | 24/25 Nov | 22/23 Nov | 21/22 Nov | 27/28 Nov | 26/27 Nov |
| 48 | 2/3 Dec | 1/2 Dec | 29/30 Nov | 28/29 Nov | 4/5 Dec | 3/4 Dec |
| 49 | 9/10 Dec | 8/9 Dec | 6/7 Dec | 5/6 Dec | 11/12 Dec | 10/11 Dec |
| 50 | 16/17 Dec | 15/16 Dec | 13/14 Dec | 12/13 Dec | 18/19 Dec | 17/18 Dec |
| 51 | 23/24 Dec | 22/23 Dec | 20/21 Dec | 19/20 Dec | 25/26 Dec | 24/25 Dec |
| 52 | 30/31 Dec | 29/30 Dec | 27/28 Dec | 26/27 Dec | 1/2 Jan | 31 Dec/1Jan |
| 53 | 2/3 Jan |
BACTERIAL DISEASES
ILLNESS |
SIGNS |
DIAGNOSIS |
SPECIES AFFECTED |
CHLAMYDIOSIS |
SIMILAR TO SYMPTOMS OF A COLD, PNEUMONIA OR ENTERITIS; WEIGHT LOSS | FECAL AND/OR BLOOD ANALYSIS | ALL BIRDS, ESPECIALLY PSITTACINES |
ENTERIC BACTERIA |
VARIABLE; SECONDARY INFECTIONS COMMON, MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH RESPIRATORY OR INTESTINAL DISEASE | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY RESTING | ALL BIRDS |
PSEUDOMONAS |
SAME AS ENTERIC BACTERIA | CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY TESTING | ALL BIRDS |
MYCOPLASMOSIS |
CAUSE OF COLDS, ESPECIALLY IN AMAZONS AND COCKATIELS | BY VETERINARIAN | ALL BIRDS |
AVIAN TUBERCULOSIS |
CHRONIC DEBILITATING DISEASE, ENTERITIS | BIOPSY AND CULTURE | ALL BIRDS, ESPECIALLY SOME AMAZONS AND GREY-CHEEKED PARAKEETS |
PARASITIC DISEASES
ILLNESS |
SIGNS |
DIAGNOSIS |
SPECIES AFFECTED |
COCCIDIOSIS |
MAY NOT BE ANY; OCCASIONALLY LOSS OF APPETITE, WEIGHT LOSS, LOOSE OR BLOODY STOOL | MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF FECAL SAMPLE | MOSTLY FINCHES |
FEATHER MITES (RED MITES) |
RESTLESSNESS, SEVERE SCRATCHING, FEATHER PICKING, SKIN IRRITATION | SMALL MOVING RED DOTS ON WHITE CLOTH HUNG OVER CAGE AT NIGHT (RED MITES ARE NOCTURNAL); USE MAGNIFYING GLASS; RED MITES LIVE IN CREVICES OF CAGE AND FEED AT NIGHT | CANARIES , FINCHES |
GIARDIASIS (GIARDIA) |
WEIGHT LOSS, BULKY STOOL, POOR FEATHERATION, VOMITING, FAILURE TO THRIVE | MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF FECAL SAMPLE | COCKATIELS, BUDGERIGARS |
LICE |
SAME AS FEATHER MITES; FEATHERS APPEAR TO BE "MOTH EATEN" | EGGS OR LICE ATTACHED TO FEATHERS; LICE ARE ELONGATED | CANARIES, FINCH |
ROUNDWORMS (ASCARIDS) |
POOR FEATHER CONDITION, WEIGHT LOSS, LOOSES DROPPINGS | MICROSCOPIC EGGS FIND IN FECAL SAMPLE; LONG THIN WHITE WORMS | ALL BIRDS |
SCALY FACE SCALY LEG TASSELFOOT |
WHITE "SCALY " DEPOSITS ON EYELIDS, BEAK, LEGS, TOES, VENT | MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF SKIN SCRAPING | MOSTLY PARAKEETS, CANARIES |
THREADWORMS (CAPILLARIA) |
LOSS OF APPETITE, WEIGHT LOSS, LOOSE DROPPINGS, REGURGITATION, POOR PLUMMAGE | MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF FECAL SAMPLE | ALL BIRDS; PARAKEETS, MACAWS MOST LIKELY |
TRICHOMONIASIS (TRICHOMONAS) |
MUCUS IN THROAT, EAR INFECTIONS, REGURGITATION, WEIGHT LOSS | MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF CROP SWAB | PIGEONS, DOVES |
VIRAL DISEASES
EXOTIC NEWCASTLE DISEASE
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DIARRHEA, RESPIRATORY DISEASE, ACUTE DEATH, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | PARAMYXOVIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION IN USDA LAB | ALL BIRDS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG SMUGGLED AMAZONS |
PSITTICINE BEAK AND FEATHER DISEASE |
LOSS OF FEATHERS, NEW FEATHERS CLUBBED OR PINCHED, LOSS OF POWDER DOWN, OVERGROWN OR DISTORTED BEAK, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION | VETERINARIAN, CONFIRM BY SKIN BIOPSY | COCKATOOS, OCCASIONALLY OTHERS; OVER 30 SPECIES OF PARROTS KNOWN TO BE INFECTED |
POLYOMA (PAPOVA) (BUDGIE FLEDGLING DISEASE) |
ACUTE DEATH, HEMORRHAGE, SWOLLEN ABDOMEN | VIRAL DIAGNOSIS BY HISTOPATHOLOGY; FECAL SWAB POSITIVE IS VIRUS BEING SHED; BLOOD TEST DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE | HAND-FED BABY PSITTACINES, USUALLY BEFORE WEANING; NEWLY HATCHED PARAKEETS |
PROVENTICULAR DILATION SYNDROME |
WASTING, WEIGHT LOSS. PASSING WHOLE SEEDS | RADIOGRAPHS, BIOPSY BY VETERINARIAN, NECROPSY | MACAWS, COCKATOOS, CONURES, OTHERS |
PACHECO'S PARROT DISEASE |
ACUTE DEATH, HIGH MORTALITY, HEPATITIS, RAPID SPREAD, HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS | HERPES VIRUS, VIRUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY | PSITTACINES |
POX |
CHEESY LESIONS IN MOUTH AND AROUND EYES, SCABS ON EYES, FACE AND MAYBE FEET; ACUTE DEATH IF TRACHEA IS BLOCKED | POX VIRUS, VIRUS ISOLATION, HISTOPATHOLOGY | AMAZONS, PIONUS, LOVEBIRDS, CANARIES |
REOVIRUS |
ACUTE DEATH, HEPATITIS, WEIGHT LOSS, SOME HAVE CHRONIC DEBILITATION; COMMON IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER VIRUSES | REOVIRUS, VIRUS ISOLATION (HISTOPATHOLOGY NOT DEFINITIVE) | AFRICAN GREYS, COCKATOOS, AMAZONS |
MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS
ILLNESS |
SIGNS |
DIAGNOSIS |
SPECIES AFFECTED |
COLDS (SINUSITIS) |
RUNNY NOSE, SNEEZING, LISTLESSNESS, DIFFICULT BREATHING, LACK OF APPETITE, RUFFLED FEATHERS | OBSERVATION MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH MYCOPLASMA, OTHER BACTERIA, VIRUSES OR PSITTACOSIS | ALL BIRDS |
PNEUMONIA (OR AIR SACCULITIS) |
SAME SYMPTOMS AS COLDS PLUS INCREASED RESPIRATORY RATE | BY VETERINARIAN | ALL BIRDS |
CONJUNCTIVITIS |
RED CONJUNCTIVA, TEARING, KEEPING EYES CLOSED, PUFFY | EXAMINE EYE | ALL BIRDS |
DIARRHEA |
STOOL IS NOT FORMED, MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXCESSIVE URINE | MANY POSSIBLE CAUSES | ALL BIRDS |
ENTERITIS |
SEE DIARRHEA | MANY POSSIBLE CAUSES | ALL BIRDS |
CANDIDIASIS |
WHITE PLAQUES IN MOUTH, THICK DARK AREAS IN CORNER OF MOUTH, WEIGHT LOSS, BULKY STOOLS | CANDIDA FUNGUS CULTURE, GRAM STAIN | ALL BIRDS, ESPECIALLY BABIES, COCKATIELS,AND LOVEBIRDS |
CONSTIPATION |
STRAINING TO DEFECATE | OBSERVATION | ALL BIRDS |
OVERGROWN BEAK |
LONG SLENDER OVERGROWTH, NORMAL TEXTURE, COARSE OR SOFT OVERGROWTH | OBSERVATION | ALL BIRDS |
OVERGROWN TOENAILS |
NORMAL CONDITION | OBSERVATION | ALL BIRDS |
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Budgerigar Fledgling Disease: Highly infectious, stable Causes Budgerigar Fledgling Disease: peracute death with near 100% mortality in birds < 15d French Molt: feather dystrophy syndrome Polyserositis in other psittacines with bleeding syndromes
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Fledging Disease |
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Paramyxoviruses: Newcastle: PMV-1 PMV2-9: PMV-3 causes mild neurologic signs in pigeons Clinical Signs: Diarrhea, respiratory signs followed by neurologic signs (torticollis)
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Overgrown Beak |
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Pigeon Newcastle |
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