Treatment of the wild bird•
Whenever possible, these young Australian magpies should be left with their parents.This will provide them with an adequate and balanced diet, and avoids captivity withits risks of increased parasite loads, poor diet and orphaning.• Successful treatment of wild birds has been to teach the birds to walk through ashallow iodine bath once daily for two weeks, in return for food items.

Treatment of a captive bird •
The infected bird should be housed either by itself, or with other infected birds. It must be separated from birds that are not infected.
• The bird should be housed behind fly-wire as it poses a risk to not only the other Australian magpies in captivity, but also the local magpies and their young.
• A balanced diet must be fed. A meat mix diet of meat and Wombaroo insectivore, fed at a ratio of 2:1 (i.e., 500g meat to 250g insectivore) must make up NO MORE than 50% of the diet. The remaining 50% must be made up of chopped up young mice, mealworms, crickets, earthworms, cockroaches and other insects. A mince-only diet is not balanced. A meat mix with insufficient Wombaroo insectivore is also not balanced. Unbalanced diets will slow the healing of the lesions as they fail to offer sufficient vitamins and minerals.
• Overcrowding must be avoided at all times. All cages must be cleaned daily to reduce the contact between faeces and infected scabs and the open sores.
• Treatment for underlying internal and external parasites is recommended.
• If a secondary infection is found, then systemic antibiotics can be given for a week.
• The most effective agent against poxvirus is TIME as the lesions will naturally resolve over 2 – 3 weeks.
• However, an effective topical antiviral solution that is recommended for use is a 1% solution of iodine. This can be applied daily to the lesions with a cotton bud or gauze square. Iodine is effective against viruses, bacteria and fungi, making it a suitable broad-spectrum treatment for all lesions.
• Topical antiviral agents that are intended for other viruses will be ineffective. However, as the lesions resolve over time, there are anecdotal reports of a wide range of medicines that are presumed to be effective. This shows a lack of understanding of the disease process and leads to the needless applications of potentially toxic agents to the bird without due concern for its welfare.

Magpie Pox
By Anne Fowler BSc (Vet)(Hons) BVSc, MACVSc (Avian Health, Wildlife Health)

尾羽根上长了个瘤，像葫芦，底下呈肤色、有豌豆那么大，上面和绿豆一样大小，发白。
原链接贴不上来，老被吞。

不割、不剪了。
• However, an effective topical antiviral solution that is recommended for use is a 1% solution of iodine. This can be applied daily to the lesions with a cotton bud or gauze square. Iodine is effective against viruses, bacteria and fungi, making it a suitable broad-spectrum treatment for all lesions.

嗯..假装我能看懂

服用罗红霉素的第五天，不见改善；
碘伏擦拭的第二天。
可能要等它自愈了。
The most effective agent against poxvirus is TIME as the lesions will naturally resolve over 2 – 3 weeks. However, an effective topical antiviral solution that is recommended for use is a 1% solution of iodine.