Thursday, December 23, 2010

Association of Pigeon Veterinarians

Association of Pigeon Veterinarians
National Avian Disease Task Force for Pigeons and Doves

Position Statement:

"The  Association of Pigeon Veterinarians, after careful review of the documentation of the Avian Disease Research Committee of the American Pigeon Fanciers' Council, and the implemented studies of the National Avian Disease Task Force for Pigeons and Doves, and consideration of the data from the United States Communicable Disease Center (CDC), we do affirm and testify that to our knowledge, the raising, keeping and the exercising of pigeons and doves represents no more of a health hazard than the keeping of other communal or domestic pets."

Passed as a unanimous resolution of the Association of Pigeon Veterinarians at the Second Annual Avian Veterinary Symposium of the National Avian Disease Task Force for Pigeons and Doves, July 26, 1986, St. Louis, Missouri.

David Marx, DVM President
Norman, Oklahoma

John Esposito, DVM Vice President
El Paso, Texas

Roger Harlin, DVM Secretary
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Kathy Fryar, DVM Treasurer
Willis, Texas

Everett Bryant, DVM Recording Secretary
Storrs, Connecticut

Printed in the American Racing Pigeon News
Volume 107, Number 3, June 1991