What is Mega???

 

I have heard a few members mention it in the past.... but i don't understand what it is exactly - research i have done on the internet gives me conflicting details. some say its a bateria, others say its a fungi etc- I am confused

 

What are the symptoms??

Is it contageous??

What are the treatments??

 

etc...

 

Thanks

Liv

This topic should have been covered and easily found in a search here on BBC. In short mega bacteria is misnamed and is NOT a bacteria but a fungal infection and very very nasty. Megabacteria is a secondary disease which kicks in after other things have been at play and reduced the birds defences.

Your right - i forget about the internal search in BBC

 

I found a great topic here ----> Here Which gave me the details i was interested in. What a horrible condition

It's confusing isnt' it?

Megabacteria = Macrorhabdus ornithogaster = Avian Gastric Yeast. They're all the same thing but megabacteria seems to be what BBC people use.

They called it megabacteria because it's purple and rod-shaped like a bacterium under the microscope... but it's actually a fungus so it's big, hence the name.

 

Edit: Well, 'big' as in, much bigger than a bacterium.. but of course that's still pretty small!

Edited June 17, 200817 yr by Chrysocome