Finding vets doing lab work for chickens

[Folly's place]

The same story here. Our vet clinic sends fecals to a lab, so it works the same for poultry fecals, off to the lab. And they won't come back negative unless they actually are. Our state veterinary school path lab also will do lab testing for you.
Mary

 

[aldarita]

I have been doing my own fecal tests for over 5 years. I can see Razzlefeazzle points. Usually the lab techs at the vet's office do the testing and there are so many variables that make this test not very accurate. I live in South Texas and it is very humid and hot therefore being a paradise for parasites.
My girls and boys get medicated for round worms at least 3 times a year, but because I don't want to treat the whole flock if I see worms in poop, I run fecals by coops ( 5 in total) and treat the birds in the coop that is positive. I know the others also have a load but if the fecal float doesn't show any eggs, I don't treat.
This has been a never ending battle for me. Alternating wormers can help but the resistance is always a risk.