Coccidosis despite antibiotic

[enola]

Good question!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Google claims vinegar has no Thiamin in it.

vinegar doesn't

raw ACV has trace amounts
Like the apple juice it is fermented from, it contains several vitamins.
Once filtered and pasteurized, most of the health benefits are negated.

 

[enola]

Good grief! Google lets me down again......

So, since it does contain thiamine, then vinegar should not be used at the same time as Corid. Right?

My personal opinion is vinegar should not (edited) included in the diet of a chicken with a compromised digestive system.

Edited to add NOT

 

[ChickenCanoe]

There's vinegar and there's vinegar. Fermenting apple juice makes hard apple cider with alcohol from the sugars. Converting the alcohol to acetic acid makes it apple cider vinegar. If the apples were organic, voila - organic apple cider vinegar. If the apples were conventional, the result is non-organic yet raw apple cider vinegar.
Further processing by filtering and pasteurizing removes enzymes and vitamins making plain ACV.

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/make-raw-apple-cider-vinegar/

 

[casportpony]

Good question!

There was a mature peahen recently that presented with diarrhea, wasn't drinking or eating, could hardly walk, bone thin (4.5 pounds)... Pretty much as close to death as they can get.

-Kathy

 

[enola]

Tube her with warm water/electrolytes.

Dose her with Valbazen.

Start Corid, by tube if necessary for 5-7 days

Continue tubing with medications and baby bird food until either she started eating and drinking on her own or I gave up on her.

Pray a lot.

I don't give fowl antibiotics, so answer may not exactly fit the criteria of this question.......

 

[casportpony]

Keep in mind that this is a moderately valuable Spading peahen.

-Kathy

 

[enola]

I live vicariously through pictures of peacocks. I could probably never own one. So you guys keep posting pictures of your gorgeous peas. That is probably as close as I will ever get.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Every situation is different.
Valuable birds skew the treatment.

 

[casportpony]

The peahen in I'm referring to was started on supportive oral fluids, then Corid orally, Safeguard (0.23ml per pound), metronidazole, Baytril and tube feeding. The next day the owner took another fecal sample to a different vet and he found coccidiosis, capillary worms, but no significant bacteria.

The point of this is to get people thinking about the best way to treat an animal that is so close to death, that's all.

-Kathy

Edited to add: The hen has put on one pounds and is starting to eat on her own.