title: An introduction to diseases of pigeons in South Africa.
abstract: The paper mainly deals with racing pigeons. Beginning with organization, importance and cost of the pigeon sport it then details investigational procedures and techniques for drug administration before discussing some of the infectious diseases common in South Africa as well as the problem of poor racing performance.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001717:Birds; D010856:Columbidae; D013019:South Africa