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I put a post on once of the Merca systems health and treatment guide but blowed if I can find it anywhere, anyone have any ideas as it looks like they have stopped showing it on there site now

Trying to find out what the disease is with symptoms similar to PMV, any help appreciated

I brought up an post put on by you titled "Trev" not sure if that's what you were looking for Buster
Newcastle Disease is caused by the Paramyxovirus !! Is that what you were thinking of mate ???

Trev wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:38 pm I brought up an post put on by you titled "Trev" not sure if that's what you were looking for Buster
Newcastle Disease is caused by the Paramyxovirus !! Is that what you were thinking of mate ???

No mate it is something so similar to PMV like salmonellis or something but symptoms are same as PMV and people who get it think they have PMV, birds heads shake etc

Trev wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:38 pm I brought up an post put on by you titled "Trev" not sure if that's what you were looking for Buster
Newcastle Disease is caused by the Paramyxovirus !! Is that what you were thinking of mate ???

That may be the one, but thought I had done a separate one for it, maybe I did it on old site

Have emailed Mercasystems see if they can help me find it, unless they took it off

Here is there reply what a quick response


Hello Steve

In that case, you may be referring to Salmonella, since sometimes its symptoms show up with problems in the joints of the neck, wings and legs of pigeons.

In the case of the neck joint, it can be confused with PMV - Newcastle disease.


The other option would be Adenocoli disease which usually affects young pigeons with watery green droppings, weight loss, loss of appetite, etc... and that can cause death in a few days.

I hope this helps you.

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Best regards,
Michael Vega

A good response from them. I must say that I never treat for anything don’t even remove a sick bird from the loft. They either recover, die or if too bad are disposed of. I think that by the time you see a sick pigeon the rest of the loft would probably already have been exposed to what ever it is. All gives a good immune system.

Andy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:05 pm A good response from them. I must say that I never treat for anything don’t even remove a sick bird from the loft. They either recover, die or if too bad are disposed of. I think that by the time you see a sick pigeon the rest of the loft would probably already have been exposed to what ever it is. All gives a good immune system.

I don't either mate, well not any more just let nature take it's course, was asking for someone else who used to be in same club he has a problem but knows it's not PMV and I couldn't think which other one was similar but does look from there reply I was right in my thinking

Buster121 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:01 pm

Andy wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:05 pm A good response from them. I must say that I never treat for anything don’t even remove a sick bird from the loft. They either recover, die or if too bad are disposed of. I think that by the time you see a sick pigeon the rest of the loft would probably already have been exposed to what ever it is. All gives a good immune system.

I don't either mate, well not any more just let nature take it's course, was asking for someone else who used to be in same club he has a problem but knows it's not PMV and I couldn't think which other one was similar but does look from there reply I was right in my thinking

Is he going to treat them? Has he lost birds, birds dying? Seems like YBS and fat eye are around at present.

No idea Andy was just a conversation in general and it came up, probably won't see him for another 12 months now