Did you know that? In pigeon racing there are a number of problems from a medical point of view that are often underexposed. This means that all kinds of misunderstandings also remain. This ranges from simple things to more complex problems. If we look at the simple things, we come to trichomonads, coccidiosis…

The pigeon sport has changed Nobody will argue that the pigeon sport has changed enormously in the last 50 years. If we just look at the number of breeders who still practice the sport. That number has dropped dramatically. Although the number of breeders has decreased enormously, the…

Health Prices for the coming year are made during the moulting period. I have been proclaiming this fact for years. I regularly hear that breeders distance themselves from the pigeons for a while after the flights and more or less leave them to their own devices. I think that's a shame because one…

The moulting season The moulting season is the most important period of the whole year. The importance of good care cannot be overstated. However, there are still many breeders who shift down a gear during the moulting season and leave it to nature. On the one hand understandable, because life offers more than just…

Cures or not cures? In this Corona time everything seems to be different. I think everyone was initially unsure how this virus would play out. Now, after a few months, a lot is becoming clear. For example, the death rate appears to be around 0.26%. Much less than for example…

About Vaccines When I see how many questions I get about vaccines, I find it useful to focus on that topic again. There is a lot to be said about vaccination. Not least because of the corona vaccine, which has to come in order, as we are taught, to live normally again…

date again – Stay out of the pups is a topic in which you move in pigeon racing on very thin ice. There is no question that is asked in the consulting room so often. In recent years, one can observe reinforces that juveniles do not find their way back to the blow. There…

Jungtaubenkrankheit – other findings When speaking today about youngsters so we can speak in many cases immediately youngsters disease. It has become a rule that youngsters are apparently attacked without exception of a young pigeon disease. It is believed that several factors play a role in this disorder. For example…

Endurance and muscle recovery "Just sees what one already knows and understands" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe More than ten years have become aware for the first time the omega fatty acids. The assumption that certain fatty acids from this group- particular derivatives of omega-3-group- in the development of the brain one…

PESTKOP Let me first tell you that the name Pestkop was not invented by me. This honor is due to Gert-Jan Beute, who wrote this name on a note with a pigeon fancier whom he advised to make an appointment with me to examine his problem pigeons. This lover…