Can French moult be cured?
There are no drugs to treat French Moult, but the fact that French Moult infects baby birds and not adult birds helps us to combat this complex disease. The disease is controlled and prevented by selecting birds for breeding which are free of the French Moult disease.
Does molting hurt parrots?
During the molting process, parrots will grow a large number of pin feathers. These are stubbly feathers that are both venous and innervated. These pin feathers will eventually grow to replace the bird’s full plumage. But in the meantime, they are often highly sensitive and may be susceptible to puncture.
Can French molt spread?
Some experts claim that transmission takes place in the nest; the virus is transmitted from the parents to the eggs. Thus, it would be no good idea to knowingly let budgies who suffer from the French moult have chicks!
Can birds fly without a tail?
Can birds survive without a tail? They certainly can. Tails are important, but not critical. Tail-less birds can still fly, avoid danger and feed themselves.
French molt affects birds all over the world, primarily budgerigars (commonly called budgies or parakeets) and psittacines (parrots). At the current time, there is no treatment for avian polyomavirus, so a vast number of chicks continue to die each year due to outbreaks.
Can polyomavirus be cured in birds?
There is no definitive treatment for birds with polyomavirus infection, other than supportive care. Birds with mild hemorrhaging might benefit from vitamin K injections and supportive veterinary care. Often, the disease progresses so quickly that no treatment will be effective.
What causes polyomavirus?
The human polyomaviruses BKV and JCV are known to cause, respectively, hemorrhagic cystitis in recipients of bone marrow transplantation and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immunocompromised patients, for example, by HIV infection.
What causes French molt?
Many possible causes have been postulated. These include: 1) a nutritional deficiency or imbalance such as a protein or amino acid deficiency in the proventricular secretions of the nursing adults: 2) a papovavirus infection; and 3) a budgerigar pox virus infection.
What are some viral diseases of birds?
Avian Polyomavirus.
What are the symptoms of BK virus?
Changes in the color of your urine (urine that is brown or red in color)
Can a bird be cured of French molt?
So many feathers are lost that the birds cannot fly. Abnormal feather loss like this can be caused by polyoma virus, or the virus that causes Psittacine Beak and Feather disease. There is no cure. Here is a link to some information about French Moult: http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesgefieder/franzmauser_en.htm
When to know if your Budgie has French molt?
Clinical signs of French molt usually appear about five to six weeks of age when the young birds are ready to leave the nest. Excessive molting and occasional breakage of wing and tail feathers occur at this time or shortly after the birds have been flying for a few days. The degree of feather loss reflects the severity of the disease.
Is there a cure for the French moult?
There is no cure. Here is a link to some information about French Moult: http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesgefieder/franzmauser_en.htm These 5 birds are from a total of 20 some birds, and I’m concerned. Two od them can’t fly bec. of loss of feathers. Are these birds new to you? What species are they? And how old are they? Not new. Lovebirds
How does the French moult virus affect birds?
BFD is often deadly for the affected young birds while the French moult “only” causes disabilities due to the plumage defects. Until today the way of infection with these viruses it is not known in all its details.
So many feathers are lost that the birds cannot fly. Abnormal feather loss like this can be caused by polyoma virus, or the virus that causes Psittacine Beak and Feather disease. There is no cure. Here is a link to some information about French Moult: http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesgefieder/franzmauser_en.htm
There is no cure. Here is a link to some information about French Moult: http://www.birds-online.de/gesundheit/gesgefieder/franzmauser_en.htm These 5 birds are from a total of 20 some birds, and I’m concerned. Two od them can’t fly bec. of loss of feathers. Are these birds new to you? What species are they? And how old are they? Not new. Lovebirds
How does French moult affect the health of birds?
French Moult places the entire health of aviary at risk, because the virus inflicts permanent damage on the immune system of the young birds. They remain infected for life and perpetuate the French Moult to future generations of nestlings.
What kind of disease does the French moult have?
It’s the so-called Polyoma virus that causes the French Molt and another form of the disease called BFD = Budgerigar Fledgling Disease. BFD is often deadly for the affected young birds while the French moult “only” causes disabilities due to the plumage defects.
