Help identify this worm! (UPDATED with fecal float photos)

[SarahGfa]

DARN. I keep trying to give him the Equimax horse paste and he keeps shaking his head and wiping it out. I can't tell if he got way too much or nothing at all.

 

[dawg53]

The expiration date is 9/2022 and I bought it last year. Wierd... California is usually the first to ban things.

That's strange. Where did you buy it? I want to order a couple of bottles.

 

[dawg53]

DARN. I keep trying to give him the Equimax horse paste and he keeps shaking his head and wiping it out. I can't tell if he got way too much or nothing at all.

With chickens, you can pull their wattles down with your fingers and their mouth will open, then the Equimax can be given orally as quickly as possible.
With a turkey poult, firmly pull down the skin under its lower beak and her mouth should open. I do the same with Easter Egger hens and young chicks at about 6 weeks old. Their mouth will open pulling down on the skin, gotta be quick to dose. Good luck.

 

[SarahGfa]

That's strange. Where did you buy it? I want to order a couple of bottles.

I believe it was Tractor Supply, I can't think of where else I could have found it. Some online stores still have it too.

 

[SarahGfa]

With chickens, you can pull their wattles down with your fingers and their mouth will open, then the Equimax can be given orally as quickly as possible.
With a turkey poult, firmly pull down the skin under its lower beak and her mouth should open. I do the same with Easter Egger hens and young chicks at about 6 weeks old. Their mouth will open pulling down on the skin, gotta be quick to dose. Good luck.

Yeah, I get it in his mouth but it's liquid so I think he shook it out. I did it 3 times so hopefully he got something close to the correct dose.

 

[dawg53]

Yeah, I get it in his mouth but it's liquid so I think he shook it out. I did it 3 times so hopefully he got something close to the correct dose.

I've never seen the liquid, only the paste.

 

[SarahGfa]

I collected a few fecal samples from different poults this morning. They all have multiple kinds of worms. @dawg53 can you identify worm eggs?

This is Worm #1 under 250x zoom. There were a lot of these eggs in cecal poop samples. The cecal poop has been like diarrhea.


This is Worm #2 under 250x zoom. There were a lot of these eggs in non-cecal, bloody poop samples.


This is another photo from cecal poop. it had both types of eggs. (Possible contamination from other samples.)

 

[dawg53]

@SarahGfa I'll take a shot at it:
Photo #1: Sporalated coccidia-Eimeria.
Photo #2: Cecal worm egg.
Photo #3: 1-Eimeria coccidia 2-Cecal worm egg.

@Sue Gremlin What do we have here? Did I get at least one right? LOL.

 

[SarahGfa]

OMG. My poults have cecal worms, coccidia, and tapeworms all at the same time?
Can I treat for worms and coccidia at the same time? they already had corid water for all of last week (useless). one poult had a little bit of Equimax yesterday.

 

[dawg53]

OMG. My poults have cecal worms, coccidia, and tapeworms all at the same time?
Can I treat for worms and coccidia at the same time? they already had corid water for all of last week (useless). one poult had a little bit of Equimax yesterday.

Hold off and wait for @Sue Gremlin . She is a Parasitologist and can tell us what's what.

All birds including poults have coccidia. It's when it gets out of control is when there is a problem. If your microscopic slide was loaded with coccidia, then it would be time to take action. However, I dont think you have a problem with it after just seeing a couple in your pics.

One good thing, I didnt see any tapeworm eggs. They are fairly easy to spot. You can see "hooks" in the egg.