Pigeon Testing Centre

24/10/2026

We had a great day at the Epsom show today, it was great meeting up with our clients & meeting new clients taking the testing route, rather than blind treating.

A huge shout out to John Donovan, John & Tom for the well organised day, and ensuring the traders and customers were well looked after, nothing is too much!

24/10/2026

All ready for the Epsom Show 🐦🔬

21/10/2026

A little reminder, we will be closed this Friday 23rd October, due to travelling to the Epsom Pigeon Show 🐦🔬

17/10/2026

🔬🐦This Saturday, you are welcome to bring your samples of droppings/swabs to our stand at Epsom and we will analyse on our return from the show. 🔬🐦

13/10/2026

04/10/2026

So we are going through the moult, most at their final flights.
Time to test 🐦🔬

21/08/2026

We can carry out bacteriology testing & PCR’s via a reliable laboratory in the U.K, you will receive a full veterinary report signed off by an avian qualified vet.
We would like to talk to you prior to ordering these tests, to ensure that the correct tests are ordered to taylor the needs of your birds. 🦠🔬🐦

06/08/2026

Example of one of the samples we have received this week.
Even though treatment for worms had been given, but not repeated.

Symptoms etc -
- 2 birds
- One this years baby, & one a two year old
- Eating & drinking well but going light.

So we always start at the ‘bottom of the ladder’, when we get these clinical signs, before we ask clients to spend more by carrying out more in-depth testing (bacteriology or PCR’s).

A microscopy test detected
- High Roundworm
- High Hairworm
- High Coccidiosis

Treatment will begin and we are confident that we will see an improvement.

Remembering to carry out a second treatment of worming is essential, when using Moxidectin, treat again 21 days later, to break the worm cycle.

11/07/2026

🔬🐦 We received a PCR result from our laboratory yesterday, our client has informed us of typical clinical signs of respiratory problems, so we carried out PCR’s for Chlamydia & Mycoplasma, luckily it was Mycoplasma not Chlamydia (this is easier to deal with).
The ‘CQ value’, for Mycoplasma came out at 23.64, this indicates an active infection.
Our Vet has advised that our client treats with an antibiotic, Tylan.
🐦🔬

11/07/2026

🐦🔬This week we have found that we are getting a lot of higher counts of Coccidiosis, we think this is down to the humidity & heat, keep up with your tests so we can check the counts.
These counts will effect your birds whilst racing 🔬🐦