Does marek's causes blisters/pimples on comb?

[cherrynberry]

It needs to be treated. It's a viral infection.

Really? With what? I never treated my birds for it. My rooster has it.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Really? With what? I never treated my birds for it. My rooster has it.

Oh- I was thinking about something else. There's NOT really a treatment, but it can kill birds. Hmm. Let me touch up on my research.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Fowl Pox is a viral infection related to herpes. The dry form does not normally kill birds and goes away by itself within several weeks. You can give supportive care, increasing protein in their diet cleaning any lesions with iodine and applying some Neosporin to prevent superimposed bacterial infections on the lesions.
This could be what the vet gave you the antibiotics for. Antibiotics will not cure a viral infection. The majority of birds recover fine from this without any problems and they are immune to that particular strain. There are though other strains. People who live in tropical areas where Fowl Pox is endemic can vaccinate their birds yearly for this. I do this with my birds.
The kind that is dangerous and could potentially kill your birds is the wet form which can cause lesions to grow inside their mouth’s. Unfortunately birds can get either forms from the same viral strain.

 

[cherrynberry]

Does fowl pox go away on its own?

According to @Eggcessive it goes away after about 3 weeks. It went away for my rooster. He no longer has the scabs. He got dry fowl pox.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

It is transmitted by mosquitoes. Birds can get it from each other if they are exposed to an open lesion. It is best to isolate your birds who have it. This will help prevent it from spreading to the rest of the flock.

 

[sourland]

Does fowl pox go away on its own?

It is a virus and has to run its course. If secondary bacterial infections affect the bird, treatment may be necessary.

 

[David050587]

Thank you guys for all the replies

 

[David050587]

He passed away today it sucks

 

[David050587]

 

[David050587]

A picture of him when he was healthy