Coccidia question

[TJAnonymous]

I have a couple of confirmed cases of coccidia in my goat herd. My chickens, ducks, and goats generally share the same space and water troughs. I'm preparing to treat ALL of them but have a few questions.

1. I'm moving my goats into a quarantine stall in my barn so I can monitor their poop. Several have diarrhea and high egg counts so this is the best way to monitor them. Since there are less than 10, I will probably treat them individually with a drench over a 5 day period.

2. The chickens and ducks might be a little more tricky. I was going to treat their water troughs for 21 days. I have over 60 chickens and 11 ducks. Might be a bit tricky to treat each individually.

My questions involve how much Corid to add to the water trough for that many birds? I have 2 large 5-gallon troughs in my main pen. The duck pen also has 2 5-gallon troughs. Then there's small bowls placed here and there which they all use during free ranging.

Anything special I should do to treat the run or goat house (which chickens enter sometimes to lay but do not roost in there overnight)?

@azygous
@Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

I can’t answer questions about goats, but the chicken and duck dosage is always the same for a severe outbreak—2 tsp/10 ml per gallon of water for the liquid, and 1.5 tsp for the powder Corid. Treatment should be done for 5 days. I always would use the severe outbreak dose. Make sure that all bedding is kept dry, and stirred daily, and topped off with clean bedding when needed. Wet or muddy conditions during hot weather is when coccidiosis is more of a problem. Getting outside on fresh grass is helpful, and picking up droppings is good.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I can’t answer questions about goats, but the chicken and duck dosage is always the same for a severe outbreak—2 tsp/10 ml per gallon of water for the liquid, and 1.5 tsp for the powder Corid. Treatment should be done for 5 days. I always would use the severe outbreak dose. Make sure that all bedding is kept dry, and stirred daily, and topped off with clean bedding when needed. Wet or muddy conditions during hot weather is when coccidiosis is more of a problem. Getting outside on fresh grass is helpful, and picking up droppings is good.

Thanks... I should be good on the goats. I have their dosage. I just wasn't sure how to dose my poultry with such large water troughs and numerous bowls.

As for bedding... I use shavings in the goat house. In the chicken coops, I use sand. In the duck coop, I use shavings in a deep litter method. The runs are all very large with sand, gravel, dirt flooring. However I let my birds free range every day through the summer so they are spread out on grass from about 7 am until dusk.

 

[azygous]

You do know that coccidia that targets goats is different from coccidia strains that target chickens. Unless your chickens are showing signs of coccidiosis, there is no reason to treat them just because your goats have coccidiosis. There is only one strain that infects ducks. The goats cannot infect the ducks and chickens as coccidia are host specific.

 

[TJAnonymous]

You do know that coccidia that targets goats is different from coccidia strains that target chickens. Unless your chickens are showing signs of coccidiosis, there is no reason to treat them just because your goats have coccidiosis. There is only one strain that infects ducks. The goats cannot infect the ducks and chickens as coccidia are host specific.

Nope, I didn't know that. I thought if they were all exposed to the parasite through the same water, dirt, hay, or bedding, then they could equally be infected.

My guess was that the goats became infected through the water troughs. I have 2 5-gallon troughs that sit on a wooden pallet. Last summer I had put some stone slabs in each trough to keep chicks from drowning. It gave them a way to climb out of the trough if they fell in. I've never removed them. It's been crazy hot over the past 30 days with triple digits (heat index) being the norm. Over the past few weeks, I've seen the hens standing on the slabs with their feet in the water as a way to cool off. This has facilitated some of them pooping in the water trough. I do dump it and clean it when I see it, but I felt this might be the cause.

I have moved all the goats into quarantine in the barn. Tomorrow morning I will clean & disinfect the water troughs and remove the slabs completely. This may not completely stop the poop in the water because they can still do it by standing on the side of the trough BUT it should reduce the propensity somewhat.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Oh, just to add... It's hard to say whether my chickens are showing any symptoms. I haven't seen bloody poop from anyone. I did have 2 chickens die from unknown causes in the past 30 days. They were both about 2 years old. I have seen a lot of runny poop out in the chicken yard. I would call it diarrhea and it does seem smelly without being cecal poop... But I couldn't pinpoint which bird it may have come from. A few have messy bottoms but don't look so filthy I'd think they had diarrhea. So I'm not sure...

 

[WthrLady]

If you corrid the birds, give them vitamin B after they're done with treatment.
All my bird cootie notes are in the barn. I'll dm you in the morning if you want.

 

[TJAnonymous]

If you corrid the birds, give them vitamin B after their done with treatment.
All my bird cootie notes are in the barn. I'll dm you in the morning if you want.

Definitely helpful... Thanks. I'll take all the advice I can get.

I do have a syringe of Vitamin B for the goats. The Corid can interfere with their ability to uptake nutrients so I have to give them Vitamin B too

 

[Debbie292d]

Oh, just to add... It's hard to say whether my chickens are showing any symptoms. I haven't seen bloody poop from anyone. I did have 2 chickens die from unknown causes in the past 30 days. They were both about 2 years old. I have seen a lot of runny poop out in the chicken yard. I would call it diarrhea and it does seem smelly without being cecal poop... But I couldn't pinpoint which bird it may have come from. A few have messy bottoms but don't look so filthy I'd think they had diarrhea. So I'm not sure...

You could try some probiotics with or without the Corid. Just don't do vitamins with the Corid is all. After I do Corid, I give poultry cell and Hydro-Hen for about a week.

 

[TJAnonymous]

You could try some probiotics with or without the Corid. Just don't do vitamins with the Corid is all. After I do Corid, I give poultry cell and Hydro-Hen for about a week.

I have some Recover 911. Do you think that would work after the Corid?