Knowing the basics of proper nutrition is essential for those who want to have healthy birds and a lot of pigeons at the end of breeding.
Nourishing is the material that maintains normal body functioning of our birds. essential nutrients are essential, that the bird can not “make” and should be present in the diet, if we have problems missing!
In nutrition we have two extremes. When a nutrient deficiency fault is more severe in young, because we are building the future breeding. These “disadvantaged” birds practically never recovered.
When that same nutrient is in excess and is produced disorders toxicity.
When there is a deficiency in the diet?
When if we add a specific nutrient, such as a vitamin, that bird improvement in general or in an obvious symptom, an example, nervous symptoms deficiency of vitamin B 1 (thiamine) recovering quickly, administering the vitamin.
There are nutrients that we use to improve a deficiency and found that, in addition, we improve others. Example vitamin C, in addition to being anti-infective, anti-histamine is at high doses, or improvement allergic conditions.
When there is imbalance in the diet?
Unbalance in the diet when adding a nutrient or other reducing problems improve our birds.
An example calcium-phosphorus ratio in the diet should be 2 parts of calcium and phosphorus 1 of this if it is correct postures produce strong, healthy eggs and young with healthy and strong bones.
If there is much phosphorus in the diet, calcium can not “enter” and well absorbed.
If calcium is not “hard” for a long time, there will be calcium deficiency, squab with soft and flexible bones (rickets) in adults give bone fragility, fractures, pain, affecting normal egg laying.
Another serious nutritional imbalance, occurs with amino acids, these form proteins, many breeders abuse of some amino acids, causing “overdose”. The trouble with this is that all amino acids use the same “bus” for transportation and then the excess some amino acids deficiency causes other, although they are present in the feed.
Commented that vitamin C is anti-infectious, its lack is increasingly rare, but when there is poor hygiene and lack of vit C, the typical footpad infection in our birds occurs.
Formerly, when studying what the essential nutrients in birds were, chickens data, which applied in birds and pigeons were taken.
Today that has changed. There are laboratories that manufacture drugs and supplements with birds and pigeons tested doses.
It is the case of Re-sha laboratory Germany. This laboratory has innovative and effective products, pigeons and birds.
We have a laboratory product mentioned, we have experienced good results.
The Immun-o-flash that contains significant amounts of vitamin C and Biotin, powerful immunostimulant action.
Advice: Use Immun-o-flash with hygiene (thorough cleaning of the Innkeepers and disinfecting bleach) in infections pad also plant specific measures (antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs), or any infectious or parasitic process treated, recovery it will be faster and more effective. For its texture fine powder “powder type” it is advisable to mix in the pasta breeding.
Recommended dosage: 8-10 grams per kg of food.
Dr. Guillermo Casas Arizabalo
Ms Sc in animal pathology.
U.F.R.R.J-Brazil
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