Moulting period
Now that the moulting period is just around the corner, I get questions on Messenger, Mail, App and phone what one can do and give best during the moulting period. Now there are many roads that lead to Rome. There are various possibilities to guide the pigeons in the moulting period. However, one thing must be borne in mind.
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.
I am regularly emailed or called by enthusiasts, asking if I can help them. They have problems. Often for a long time. The performance is below par. A few say the first weeks of the season then it will still go, but after that I don't get them in the prizes anymore. I then ask what has already been done. Whether the pigeons were examined and what the findings were. Usually I am told that 'everything' has already been examined but that the vet has said that everything is fine.