Hexamita.

[Moonraker68]

Hi lads. What's the most effective treatment for Hexamita, and do you need a prescription for it from a vet? We've lost a few poults, and I'd like to get something into the rest of them as soon as possible.
ATB,
Rupert

 

[mudman]

Get a couple of ill birds to the vets for a PM, preferably a poultry/ gamebird specilaist. They'll examine the gut under a microscope. It's the only way to tell exactly what bug/ combination of bugs is affecting them.

 

[old keeper]

I am sure you are aware of what a problem this can be, whatever you do, don't hang about!

 

[norma 308]

bring back emptril [cant spell it ]
good luck mate
chlorosol.....

 

[nick100]

definately a vet job, and the sooner the better mate. We had a right game last year when we took some birds to the VLA for PM ,the vet there told it was untreatable.
Basically they were worried about resistance to the antibiotics, luckily our vet saw sense and gave us a prescription.

He said he could treat them from a well fair point of view, ie it did not treat the problem as such, but did treat the symptoms and hence stopped them dying.
All a bit of a play on words if you ask me but, I suppose this is the world we live in now.

Hope you get sorted any way,

ATB

Nick.

 

[Gazza]

You must get an ill bird to vet and have pm ASAP. Based on this examination the vet may issue a prescription/supply the appropriate drugs.
In the meantime you must ensure that you are not helping spread the disease. Footbaths should have been in place anyway but if not get them sorted.

 

[Apache]

The advice to get a PM at your vet is sound. It is difficult to treat but often goes along with cocci and that can be easily treated.

Rehydration treatment is the mainstay.

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - Hexamita in pheasants

 

[ajfab]

the best stuff on the market is denagaurd mixed with soludux.
very quick recovery in fact i personally think better then emtryl.
must mix with some thing sweet ie ribena as other wise they wont drink it that well.
after dosing put on probiotics to increase a healthy gut then back on to clean water.
good luck as need a dry period really for themto get drugs into them and some warm weather as if they go down hill and cold weather they get a chill and its a realup hill strugle from there.

 

[Moonraker68]

Thank you for the replies. We'll get one pm'd to see what we are dealing with. We're only a small shoot, and release 650 poults into 2 woodland pens, the one on higher ground has a bit more natural light, and is doing fime. The other one clearly needs a bit more thinning out, as the recent cold, damp weather has worsened whatver the underlying problem is. We've lost about 30 poults, so a big enough % to cause concern. I was talking to a part-time keeper yesterday who recommended an additive called "tysam" (or that's how he thought it was spelled) but can't find anything about it on google.

 

[Buchan]

Hexamita doesn't live very long in a dead bird, so you maybe better sacrificing a poor looking poult than relying on dead ones. You can use tiamulin for treatment, but it is unpalatable so needs flavouring adding as previous posts have indicated. Apache is right regarding hydration.

 

[cockerdog]

Have a chat with your game farmer, if he's anything like mine he will bend over backwards to help you and he should have a stock of drugs to deal with anything the poults will catch.

 

[stone]

I was talking to a part-time keeper yesterday who recommended an additive called "tysam" (or that's how he thought it was spelled) but can't find anything about it on google.

I would hazzard a guess on it being "Terramycin" which if not mistaken is a broad spectrum anti-biotic

 

[sir-lamp-alot]

go and have a chat with daltons there based in amesbury and are fantastic vets they will set you on the right path not sure on there prices tho as when i was a keeper taking my birds to them it was all on account and i never saw the bill

 

[trouble]

dont arse about be on the vets doorstep with 3 or 4 live poults before they open , ring the game farmer asap and see what he thinks it is and if he has any dope you can get into them straight away

 

[www.yorkshireroestalking.]

Time is of the essence here.
I had it once on my commercial shoot.
It came with some restock birds who had got wet.
Horrible to watch their wings droop and the feathers go oily.
Get them on drugs quick.
Its not impossible to recover from and you must be careful going from that pen to your others.
Good luck.

 

[springbok]

I agree with the previous comments. If not already done call daltons in amesbury. you will get in straight away and be given drugs you need, check the website. good luck

 

[cookingfat]

as said above, I have used doltons in the past and they are very good, last year i went round two days after birds had come in and in one pen picked up 200 dead, took 3-4 live birds down to them, pm done as i waited hexie and coxie both presant, drugs given same day problem sorted very quickly.

This year orderd orafac(sorry about spelling) at the lower right in two tons of the food for the first week of feeding, birds all ok this year though it has been very damp.

Tony

 

[trouble]

if its not sorted now its too late

 

[stalkinginengland]

Firstly it is illegal to treat the birds with any borrowed drugs. You need to get them to the vets and let them prescibe. That said Oxytetracyclins such as auriomisin tetsol or soludox normally at double dose rates are better than emtrile ever was. I would cover myself by using a coccidiostate as well as hexamita damages the gut lining as well as runs side by side with coccidiosis. Try to get rid of any fresh water by covering it up with tin sheets or filling in holes. These drugs taint water and birds will take other water if possible. Hexamita spreds in water so be sure that they dont drink water that they have shat in if at all possible and I would also go back one feed ration to give them a bit of a lift as they inprove. Move your drinkers and feeders away from stale ground if possible or spead stalasan s about around drinkers and feeders. How old are they? older birds can stand a challenge far better than young ones and adults often carry it without any problem. Lastly pray for sun and dry weather it kills the bug outside the bird quickly.

Best of luck with it

Mark