滴蟲病

滴蟲病

滴蟲病是一種寄生蟲原生動物，會影響家禽，鴿子，鴿子和鷹。It occurs in the digestive as either the ‘lower’ form, which is characterised by depression, weight loss and watery yellow diarrhoea or the ‘upper’ form, which is characterised by depression, drooling and repeated swallowing movements, sunken and empty crop, open-mouth breathing and bad odour. The upper form is rare in turkeys and chickens. Most caged, domestic and game birds (except waterfowl) are susceptible but the disease is more serious in young birds. Recovered birds remain carriers for life.