Birding-Aus Digest, Vol 90, Issue 7

[Mike Fitzgerald <>]

I have seen more cases of magpies brought into my veterinary clinic this season with pox virus lesions than previous years . As mosquitoes and other biting insects play a role in its transmission I have assumed our impressive recent rainfall is a major factor.

Mike Fitzgerald

Alstonville

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   1. Magpie affliction (Paul Doyle)
   2. Re: Magpie affliction (Philip Veerman)


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 13:52:44 +1000
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Hi all,

Our local magpies had chicks this year and one of the juveniles came in to
try t swipe some dog food from the bowl at our place (Como on the Woronora
River, Southern Sydney)

I could see it had something wrong with its eyes so went to get binoculars
and say a pretty horrible sight.

It's right eye had about 5 warty-looking growths around the margins, on the
eye lids I think.

The left eye was completely covered with these growths, so that I could not
even see it's eye.

I don't think it would have been possible to see out of that eye.

 

Didn't seem to affect its binocular vision too much: it had no apparent
trouble perching on our gate and then on a tree branch as it flew off once
the dog came on the scene.

 

Anyone seen this sort of thing before? Any idea what it may be?

 

Paul.

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:14:18 +1000
From: "Philip Veerman" <>
To: "'Paul Doyle'" <>, "'Birding Aus'"
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Subject: Magpie affliction
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Paul,

 

Yes there have been some local prior messages on this subject. Though I
don't recall details. But this easily found website from UK, describes it.

 

Philip

 

 

https://bto.org/sites/default/files/shared_documents/avian-pox/associated_fi
les/avian-pox-garden-wildlife-health-factsheet.pdf

 

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Paul Doyle
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Subject: Magpie affliction

 

Hi all,

Our local magpies had chicks this year and one of the juveniles came in to
try t swipe some dog food from the bowl at our place (Como on the Woronora
River, Southern Sydney)

I could see it had something wrong with its eyes so went to get binoculars
and say a pretty horrible sight.

It's right eye had about 5 warty-looking growths around the margins, on the
eye lids I think.

The left eye was completely covered with these growths, so that I could not
even see it's eye.

I don't think it would have been possible to see out of that eye.

 

Didn't seem to affect its binocular vision too much: it had no apparent
trouble perching on our gate and then on a tree branch as it flew off once
the dog came on the scene.

 

Anyone seen this sort of thing before? Any idea what it may be?

 

Paul.

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