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