Corid 20% powder conversion for treatment of coccidiosis

[newandjustafew]

How are they responding to treatment?

-Kathy

Kathy, well as far as their response; no bloody stools but 2 of them still have wet droppings (one worse than other) not actual diarrhea just "solid" with liquid mixed (sorry hard to explain) BUT otherwise everyone's eating nd drinking, foraging, and dust bathing

 

[Entropy Eggs]

OK folks, she is not make more out of it than she should...she's thinking like I am! Who wants to make each gallon individually!!! I've got 18 pens, which is 18 gallons...my water is distributed to the pens directly. I just want to make the 9.6 SOLUTION in a ONE GALLON container from 20% powder, so I can put a dollup in each pen's water bucket. That, in my opinion, is not making it complicated, it's making it easier!

You are making it much more difficult then it needs to be. If you follow the manufacturers directions for mixing the powder you will be delivering the same amount of amprolium per gallon as you would if using the 9.6% liquid. The dose for the powder is 3/4 to 1 teaspoon per gallon for moderate to severe outbreak, the 9.6% is two teaspoons, you end up at the same place.

 

[casportpony]

OK folks, she is not make more out of it than she should...she's thinking like I am! Who wants to make each gallon individually!!! I've got 18 pens, which is 18 gallons...my water is distributed to the pens directly. I just want to make the 9.6 SOLUTION in a ONE GALLON container from 20% powder, so I can put a dollup in each pen's water bucket. That, in my opinion, is not making it complicated, it's making it easier!

What do you mean? What you just said makes no sense to me. To make 18 gallons of medicated water you need to use 9 tablespoons of the powder or 12 tablespoons of the liquid if you want them medicated to the 0.024% amount, which is the amount recommended for severe outbreaks.

 

[casportpony]

Merial (the company that makes Corid) said to add 3/4 tsp of powder to one gallon of water to make a 20% solution. So I added 3/8 tsp to one gallon of water for a 10% solution and then added 10cc of that to a gallon of water.

Sound right??

No, the powder is 20%, the liquid is 9.6%.

• If 3/4 teaspoon of 20% powder is added to one gallon water, that gallon is 0.012% amprolium.
• If 1 teaspoon of the 9.6% liquid is added to one gallon of water, that one gallon = 0.012% amprolium.

 

[Chics rule]

i have 8 4-week old chicks and I have seen only one stool that had blood in it and a little on the pine shavings and nothing since. It's been 3 days. I have been cleaning the brooder everyday and it's all normal so far. They all act normal and all are eating and drinking as usual. Should I treat just in case, would it hurt? The stool looked like cecal poop, I just don't know what to do about it. Suggestions

 

[RLJohnson]

Some folks mix as much as 2 teaspoons of Corid powder per gallon with no ill effects.

What I know for sure? Coccidiosis is a fast killer. There are some virulent strains that take out a whole crop of chicks so fast you have very precious little time to react or go get Corid. This is why I always have it on hand now.

Lost some very valuable, irreplaceable chicks last year due to a damp, hot period and a virulent strain we'd not seen around here before. Just sayin'.

I definitely feel ya on this one, went through that exact scenario last year and going through it again right now.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I definitely feel ya on this one, went through that exact scenario last year and going through it again right now.

Welcome To BYC

It sounds like you are having some trouble. If you wish, start a thread and explain the symptoms, age of birds, treatments you have tried (if any), etc.
Photos of birds, housing/brooder, poop, etc. are also very much appreciated.