Fecal Float Slide

[ZedikerStation]

Hi! I think the eggs posted in your first post are mite eggs. Whether they are chicken mites or feed mites or environmental mites I cannot say. Just keep in mind they may not be parasitic mites.
The one at 100x is an ascaridia, great job with the ID. Note the difference in shape and the thickness of the shell of the egg between the two. The mite eggs are actually egg shaped, one point is wider than the other. The ascaridia has essentially equal ends and a thicker shell.

It is the same egg on the slide. First 3 at 400X, then the second is at 100X.

The sample barely hit the ground as soon as she left the run... LOL.

I was going to start 3 days of Safe Guard for all of them. Thoughts??

 

[ZedikerStation]

It is the same egg on the slide. First 3 at 400X, then the second is at 100X.

The sample barely hit the ground as soon as she left the run... LOL.

I was going to start 3 days of Safe Guard for all of them. Thoughts??

Strike that---- I just double checked.... The first 3 are the same egg at 400X... the single image is different at 100X... I see the difference.

So.... how much load is normal, and would you dose the whole flock?

-Kevin

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Strike that---- I just double checked.... The first 3 are the same egg at 400X... the single image is different at 100X... I see the difference.

So.... how much load is normal, and would you dose the whole flock?

-Kevin

Since she's sick, I think your plan to treat for 3 days (or 5 days) with fenbendazole is a good one. Treat her and see if that helps her improve. If so, I'd go ahead and treat the rest after cleaning their pen thoroughly. If she doesn't improve, worms are probably not her issue.
I don't have an answer to your question about how much worm load is normal. It depends on so much. I usually don't treat unless someone is sick. My chickens always have some ascaridia and heterakis, and even coccidia.

 

[ZedikerStation]

Since she's sick, I think your plan to treat for 3 days (or 5 days) with fenbendazole is a good one. Treat her and see if that helps her improve. If so, I'd go ahead and treat the rest after cleaning their pen thoroughly. If she doesn't improve, worms are probably not her issue.
I don't have an answer to your question about how much worm load is normal. It depends on so much. I usually don't treat unless someone is sick. My chickens always have some ascaridia and heterakis, and even coccidia.

 

[ZedikerStation]

Thanks Sue.

I'll start her tonight with some Safe Guard. I have that on hand. I actually have several recipes from the vet at Safe-Guard for different dosing. I'll just go with the individual dose for her which is 0.25 ml per pound/daily/for 3 days. She won't like it, but it is easier for me...LOL.

 

[theoldchick]

This one looks like a round worm egg.

 

[ZedikerStation]

She got a 3 day dose. Today, 5 days after her first dose, she's back to eating and drinking normally. Doing normal chicken stuff.

I think it might be a good idea to worm them all next week.