Coccidiosis - Desperate - PLEASE help

[Arielle]

Mine eat yogurt almost every day. For awhile, they had powdered nonfat milk in their starter, too. Milk products are an old remedy. Something is just very weird about all these cocci outbreaks when on medicated feed. I didnt have any trouble the first couple of years with cocci and now I have it with every group that hits the ground.

Fenbendazole is an anti-protozoan (kills Giardia) and I was told that it may help with cocci in chickens, too, so I did dose a group who'd had Sulmet already (two rounds of Sulmet). It seemed to wipe it out for a long time. The dosing is a bit tricky for a chick, though. This is a very off-label use, but it may be better than losing chicks to this. Worth trying, IMO, but worming is hard on an adult bird, so it could be doubly hard on younger ones.

Speckled-- I know this is an old post bu if you remember would you give the dosing on the fenbenazole. Thank you.

 

[trifecta]

Ponazuril is also available through a compounding pharmacy. Typically its much cheaper that way since you don't have to buy the whole tube of Marquis to have your vet dilute down a tiny drop.

I found the Corid powder but no one around here apparently has liquid in stock. I am going to start my guys today on their treatment, no further losses but at least one has bloody diarrhea this morning and I don't want to chance it.

 

[Arielle]

I prefer to use the drugs that don't require a vet. COmpounding around here is VERY expensive--I get some drugs compounded for my own use. THere are plenty of sulfa drugs readily available at the feed stores. Way cheaper than a vet. $50 for just an appt around here.

GOod luck with your treatment--bloody poo is a good clue that they need treatment. Hope is clears up soon.

 

[speckledhen]

Speckled-- I know this is an old post bu if you remember would you give the dosing on the fenbenazole. Thank you.

It sure is old!

The usual dosing would probably be the same as for worming a bantam size chicken if you're doing a chick and not an adult, but I haven't even had it around here in a long time so can't remember what that is. Surely, it's on BYC here somewhere. Was thinking 1/2 cc of the liquid Safeguard/Fenbendazole/Panacur (all same thing) or a BB size portion of the paste swiped into the beak of the chick.



Found a post by Dawg53 re: worming with fenbendazole.


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[Arielle]

Quote: THANK YOU, Speckled!!! I have it for goats but did not know it was anti-protozoal.

 

[speckledhen]

I didn't know it, either, until my friend, Kate, who raises and breeds goats told me, and it's not my first choice to use, but if someone is having a tough time getting rid of a cocci outbreak, it's worth a try as an added aid. I haven't had a cocci outbreak here in quite some time so I'd admittedly forgotten all about this. Glad you reminded me.

 

[Arielle]

GOod to be well armed. I was racing around the other day only to find I already had the meds at home--just a different trade name.

Not sure I am going to be successful. The chicks keep falling like flies. How quickly does Sulmet work? I started dosing each chickindividually as so many are not eating and drinking. Just maybe too late.

I made a guess that 7 week old chicks drink 1/4 cup of water a day. I started giving the amount in 1/4 cup in 2 doses orally. FRustrating.