Black Tongue

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Crazycoop
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Black Tongue

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Hi Folks

The tip of one of my Thuringian bantams tongue has gone black, cannot seem to find a lot about this on the net.
Anybody had experience of this, what is it, how is it treated, is it contagious etc.


Thanks

Chelle

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KarenE
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Never heard of that! I'll do some googling

I've heard of tips of combs going black, that's frostbite. Obviously not that.

Do you have turkeys too?
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Hi - is the tongue swollen or any other part of the head swollen? Any smells coming from the chicken's mouth?

How does the chicken seem health wise apart from the black tongue?

And finally - what is her diet? It can be a sign of niacin deficiency (vitamin b5) or it may be she's been eating something which has left a black stain on her tongue.

I can't find much on this when googling
Karen
Alpha chick to: Smudge, Matisse and Bluebell
Chief servant to Marley the cat
Remembering Weeps, Rexie, Sage, Cassie, Toffee, Captain Gabby, Commander Nugget, Ronnie, Juno, Special Poetry and Reading Casper, Tigger, Tophenanall Rembrandt, Chestnut, Tiddly, Willow, Mango, Coco, Dorian Grey and Pokey.
Also my lost furries Charlie and Jasper
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It could be as said above a Niacin deficiency could also be Mycotoxins

Mouth and Tongue Lesions
Type-A trichothecenes such as T-2 toxin exert an inflammatory response in the mouth that often progresses to necrosis and invasion by normal microbial flora. Lesion can vary from the so-called ‘black tongue’ in which usually the tip of the tongue is necrotised without further inflammation of the oral cavity or oesophagus, to raised, yellow necrotic plaques. In flocks where this condition is observed, it might be worth investing in type-A trichothecene analyses as for differential diagnosis tool.

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