title: Diseases of pigeons.
abstract: This article contains the most common bacterial, viral, protozoan, mycotic, and parasitic diseases of pigeons encountered by the practicing veterinarian. Emphasis is placed on etiology, transmission, clinical signs, postmortem lesions, treatment, and control to aid the veterinarian in assessing clinical conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, North Carolina State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wages
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D010856:Columbidae