WHICH ANTIBIOTICS SHOULD WE USE TO CURE P IGEONS SUFFERING FROM ANTERIOR RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS

The potentially pathogen bacterial flora isolated from pigeons sufferi ng from acute or chronic respiratory distress and its resistance to co mmon anti- microbial agents have been determined. Staphylococcus inter medius and Pasteurella multocida were recorded in 72 and 17 % of all t he isolated pathogen bacteria. Taking each antibiotics' spectrum into account, the sensitivity to anti-microbial agents was on average 59 +/ - 34% (n = 7). The best scores were for gentamicin (100%) and furoxone (89%), the least ones were for erythromycin (17%) and oxytetracycline (9%). The scores for chloramphenicol, enrofloxacin and sulfadoxine/tr imethoprim combination have been 70,57 and 68%.