Histomoniasis and traumatic gastritis (harddware diseases) in peacocks: case reports

Abstract

peacocks are kept for their beauty especially when they show off thier feather plumage. Two birds were brought in the poultry clinic after showing anorexia, dropping wings, weakness and one had diarrhea before death. On post mortem examination bought had histomoniasis but one had traumatic gastritis due to a metallic object in gizzard. The partaining pathological lesions and their significance to the rearing of these birds are hereby reported