Is Garlic good for Pigeons?

I use fresh garlic cloves Cut/crushed in the water once twice a week as a mild antibiotic
Firstly and foremostly, logic based on a number of studies, says that the best source o the good effects of garlic is fresh cloves of garlic. Manufacturing procedures in the preparation of garlic powders, liquids and oils can vary considerable, and since important, active compounds in garlic can be lost very easily when garlic is processed to produce these liquids and powders, ect,. it seems best to avoid these products as they may contain few, if any, of the useful compounds in garlic. Further, it is best to crush cloves of garlic and add them directly to drinking water for pigeons, rather than heating or boiling them, to avoid losing a number of key chemicals in the cloves. Remember that heating garlic cloves may cause the loss of odour and medicinal properties.
Secondly, garlic may provide a temporary antibiotic effect on disease-producing bacteria, fungi and yeasts, both in the digestive tract and body tissues, by reducing their numbers during the period that it is in the drinking water. Thirdly, the trace minerals selenium and germanium present in garlic may give a boost to the immune system of pigeons, to increase their ability to fight disease-producing organisms of many kinds. IN domestic livestock, selenium is known to be important in the normal development of the immune system while the animal is growing on the uterus. A deficiency of selenium and Vitamin E has a definite adverse effect, because in such deficiencies, the development of immune system is retarded. As a result, the newborn animal or bird may be completely or severely restricted from protecting itself against invading organisms of all kinds.
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