Krautwald-Junghanns M-E, Stolze J, Schmidt V, Böhme J, Sachse K, Cramer K
Prof. Dr. Maria-Elisabeth Krautwald-Junghanns, Klinik für Vögel und Reptilien, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig, An den Tierkliniken 17, 04103 Leipzig, E-Mail:
Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 2013;41(6):392-8.
Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of doxycycline application via drinking water in the treatment of chlamydiosis in infected, clinically ill flocks of racing and fancy pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica) under field conditions.
In the scope of a field study, 13 pigeon flocks with clinically manifest ornithosis were treated over a period of 25 days with a novel doxycycline formulation via drinking water. Infection with Chlamydia psittaci had been confirmed beforehand by molecular-biological investigation of organ material from dissected pigeons in each flock. Therapeutic success was evaluated by PCR-analysis of triple swabs from 10 animals of each flock on day 25 of treatment and 7 days after completion of the therapy, as well as by repeated individual and daily herd examination.
The causative agent Chlamydia psittaci together with additionally documented atypical chlamydia species in six of the 13 flocks could thereby no longer be detected. Furthermore, a resolution of clinical symptoms was achieved in each of the treated pigeon flocks.
Application of doxycycline in the described therapy regimen proved successful for the treatment of ornithosis. In addition, excellent acceptance and tolerance of the deployed formulation could be confirmed in praxis.
评估在野外条件下，通过饮水给予强力霉素对感染且出现临床症状的赛鸽和观赏鸽（家鸽）衣原体病的临床疗效。
在一项野外研究中，对13个临床表现为鸟疫的鸽群，通过饮水给予一种新型强力霉素制剂，持续治疗25天。事先通过对每个鸽群中解剖的鸽子的器官材料进行分子生物学检测，确认感染了鹦鹉热衣原体。在治疗第25天和治疗结束后7天，通过对每个鸽群的10只动物的三联拭子进行PCR分析，以及通过反复的个体和每日群体检查来评估治疗效果。
在13个鸽群中的6个鸽群中，致病因子鹦鹉热衣原体以及另外记录的非典型衣原体物种均未再检测到。此外，每个接受治疗的鸽群的临床症状均得到缓解。
在所描述的治疗方案中，应用强力霉素治疗鸟疫被证明是成功的。此外，在实践中可以确认所使用制剂具有良好的接受度和耐受性。
