Can cocci be passed on through the air?

[shay20]

Ok i had a lady call me, she had purchased some chicks some one, she told me that her chicks has blood in teh poop, i told her to find some corid and start them on that right away. she aks me if cocci can be spread to each other in the same room, she has 2 different brodders going but in teh same room , i could not answer her on that one.
does any one know this?

 

[speckledhen]

No, it doesn't spread through the air. It is in the soil, their intestines, therefore when they poop in the water, it can spread that way. It's a protozoan like the one that causes giardia when you drink untreated creek water sometimes. They ingest the organism through pecking on the ground, in poop, etc.

 

[shay20]

Ok, thank you for the quick responce, i am going to call her now she is very worried. Thank you.