Can you name these microscopic worms / parasites?

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@Sue Gremlin
3.jpg is an artifact - OK; when I zoom in and out it has like bubbles (cells?) in the center. It reminds me of cocci, but is about 10 times larger.
Wow, pine tree pollen! That makes total sense; the coop is next to a pine tree.
Photo 11 - is that also a roundworm egg?
The chickens clearly need to be treated for cocci. Would you treat for worms at the sight of any on a slide? Can chickens be treated for cocci and worms at the same time?
Thank you very much!

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I don’t necessarily think they need treatment for coccidia. Are they sick? It’s normal and expected to see some oocysts in the feces. If they are very young, debilitated or have a lot of oocysts (hundreds) on a slide, then I’d consider giving them a coccidiostat. You can treat worms and coccidia at the same time.
I do not think it’s necessary to treat all worms on sight, not unless you see capillaria, which you don’t have here. If you have problems—poopy butts, sick birds, etc, then yes, I’d deworm. In a healthy normal bird, I wouldn’t.
Photo 11 is a roundworm egg. It’s a little wonky, maybe degenerated, but it’s still quite identifiable. Big, smooth, oval, thick-walled.

 

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@Sue Gremlin
I did not send a picture of the worst of the cocci. On a couple of slides, I counted about 250 cocci oocysts (they are the same chickens who had a bad bought with it and worms late last fall/early winter) (we never had either one of these before, so quite a learning curve). These samples are from bantam chickens (oldest is 3yrs, youngest ones are about 11 months). These chickens are acting pretty normal, but so was 1 of the roosters (1.5 years old) that was in that coop yesterday AM. Around 6 PM we noticed he was not outside with everyone and checked on him. While he didn't look completely normal, he did not look too bad either. We took him out to watch him better. He had zero interest in drinking and pecking. His face, comb, and wattles were all nicely red. He had food in his crop. No respiratory noises. His tail was not all the way up, but not all the way down. He gave one fecal sample. It was diarrhea clear and white. He was dead about 4 hours later. Pics 3-8 are his. Pic 1-2 are from earlier slides.
Thank you

 

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Hi @Sue Gremlin! I am wondering if you could tell me what this is?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Hm. It’s not straightforward to me, how fresh was the sample? Was it found on a routine fecal exam or is there a problem? Was there just one? Do you remember what lens this was shot through? Nothing like answering your question with a question.

 

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Less than an hour old. I only saw this one when I was 1/2 way thru. Stopped to take the picture, but did not get back to the slide yet.
40x objective
10x eyepiece

I have been treating 3 bantams for cocci and was checking on their progress. I did not see this on the other 2 slides that I completed. However, on those slides I did see cells that looked ruptured and cells that looked like the cell wall of cocci, but there was nothing in them.

I will finish the slide when I get home later today.
Thank you for help

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Ok, that helps.

So yeah. I don't know what it is. It is strongylid-like, but that's not something that's seen in chickens. Unless you continue to see them, I would say these are spurious (what we'd call a pseudoparasite) from something the chicken ate, and are along for the ride.

 

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@Sue Gremlin

Any ideas on what these are?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

I think these are artifact-fat particles or other poo schmoo. I do not think they are parasites.