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

[SarahGfa]

@dawg53 OK. There were at least 15-20 of the little #1 eggs, from a marble-sized sample. About 10 of the big #2 eggs, same size sample.

I took this photo a few weeks ago, when they were pooping blood. I thought it was coccidia, which is why they had been on Corid.

 

[dawg53]

They look like large roundworm eggs.

 

[dawg53]

The next time your poults/chicks poop blood, it would be best to give them a sulfa drug such as sulfadimethoxine or SMZ-TMP to treat the two types of coccidia that cause blood.

 

[SarahGfa]

The next time your poults/chicks poop blood, it would be best to give them a sulfa drug such as sulfadimethoxine or SMZ-TMP to treat the two types of coccidia that cause blood.

OK. there was blood last night. I have both sulfa and baycox here. Should I go ahead with sulfa, or wait for @Sue Gremlin to respond?

 

[dawg53]

Go ahead with the Baycox. I've read that's really good meds to treat coccidiosis. Sulfa drugs can be harsh on their system and I always recommend probiotics after using sulfa drugs.
Currently, dont give your poults any probiotics containing thiamine aka Vitamin B1.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

@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.

You sure did!
I think the first photo is all artifact. Not parasites. Sometimes it's hard to tell cecal worms from Ascaridia eggs without measurements, but I think you're right here with photos 2 and 3. I'd be most concerned about these, as they carry blackhead disease. Treatment should be relatively easy though, almost anything you give them, (ivermectin, fenbendazole, pyrantel) will cover them. And yes, you have an eimeria shown. HOWEVER I am not sure that is a turkey Eimeria. It almost looks like a pass-through parasite from eating deer, horse or goat poop. In any case, not anything to worry about unless there are tons, as Dawg stated.

 

[dawg53]

@Sue Gremlin Thanks for your help, I always appreciate it. Yes, I had a tough time figuring out whether the cecal worm egg was either that, or a large roundworm egg. They almost look the same. I'd suspect the large roundworm egg would be larger although tough to tell in photos.

 

[SarahGfa]

Cecal worms are bad news! Time to worm everybody, including the chickens. At least one poult is still pooping blood. could the cecal worms be causing that?

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Cecal worms are bad news! Time to worm everybody, including the chickens. At least one poult is still pooping blood. could the cecal worms be causing that?

No, the worms themselves aren't pathogenic. It's the parasites they themselves carry that cause blackhead disease in turkeys and quail (not in chickens). I'd consider that they might have enteritis of some sort rather than parasites at this point, since you've been treating them for coccidia and have done floats without finding a lot.

 

[SarahGfa]

No, the worms themselves aren't pathogenic. It's the parasites they themselves carry that cause blackhead disease in turkeys and quail (not in chickens). I'd consider that they might have enteritis of some sort rather than parasites at this point, since you've been treating them for coccidia and have done floats without finding a lot.

Should I give them antibiotics for the enteritis? They are acting mostly normal. I also have some Fish metronidazole I bought in case of blackhead.