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Animal Care Studies - Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, RichmondPsittacosis (Chlamydophilosis) – continued• Individual treatment is preferred by injection, orally using a tablet or paste orsolution via crop/gavage needle.• Successful treatments have been 25-50mg/ kg body weight every 24 hours orallyfor 45 days and 75-100mg/kg body weight every 7 days with 6-8 intramuscularinjections.• During treatment stress to birds should be minimised by ceasing breeding, no newintroductions to a collection, remove any bullies, improve diets, ensure there iscomplete protection from climatic elements and clean and disinfect enclosuresdaily.Prevention:• Strict quarantining, testing and treatment of all new birds to a collection.• Eliminate or avoid any actions that may cause the on set of stress in birds.• Immediately isolate any bird suspected of having Chlamydophilosis.• Maintain a clean and healthy environment within enclosures.• Preventing the access of wild birds to enclosures.Polytelis Paralysis SyndromeCause:Signs:• Not fully known but the disease behaves the same as a viral infection.• Considered to relate to lesions that cause the degeneration of the spinal cord(poliomyelomalacia).• May appear as a small disease outbreak with several birds affected over a periodof several weeks.• Dietary deficiencies associated with vitamin E and selenium a possible cause.• Varying degrees of severity either loss of the fine control of the feet but can stilluse the legs; totally paralysed in the feet and legs or paralysed in the wings.• May also show early as trembling, a wobbly gait, lack of coordination andabnormal head movements.• Very severe cases can die suddenly apparently due to the inability to breath.Diagnosis:• Should be differentiated from other causes of paralysis that can present with thesimilar signs, these include heavy metal poisoning, egg binding and traumaticinjury.• No diagnostic method indicated.Keith Naylor 28/3/2005 Version 3 55