Tag "duivensport"
Microbiome
Good health starts with optimal bowel function. The statement that 'death is in the intestines' is not an empty cry. You do not want to know how many completely healthy pigeons still carry viruses and bacteria that can cause major problems and even mortality as soon as circumstances change in favour of these pathogens
Vitamins and minerals
When I started studying veterinary medicine in Utrecht 50 years ago, as a 17-year-old. On the one hand, it was indicated that vitamins played an important role in cell metabolism, but on the other hand, the risk of deficiencies was rather laconic. At the time, it was believed that deficiencies at that time were absolutely impossible and that diseases such as Scurvy, Rickets, Pernicious anaemia and the like, diseases that express the end stage of a vitamin deficiency, were something from a bygone era.