help!my birds have coccidiosis-can't find conversion sulmet

First, calm down. Now, cocci are in the soil but your chicks are in a brooder box in the basement. Where would they have gotten cocci? Do you take them outdoors or bring soil in or something?

'Some blood in their stool is normal. Look at this poo chart and see what you think. Also, think whether you have given a treat which could cause a bloody looking stool -- a red food.

You and your dog will not get cocci.

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I found Sulmet doses for chickens between 56 and 89 mg per pound of chicken per day; I'm just guessing that your chickens are around a pound. A 5 g tablet is 5000 mg. Even if you did the math, and crushed and mixed the tablet, then gave a small amount of the resulting solution, you would have to know that the tablet dissolves well and evenly in the liquid. Especially since Sulmet is pretty rough on chicken's already damaged intestines. I suspect the manufacturer will tell you that you need to have the liquid form.

My bad, on the cocci in dogs. I am amazed. Had dogs all my life and never hears of this. So I did some research on this too:

Severe cases may see a loss of appetite. In very severe cases, vomiting may occur. Accompanied with diarrhea, this can cause severe dehydration, and some dogs may die from the infection. Most cases, however, are mild, and most of the dogs that have died from coccidiosis were also infected with another virus or bacteria simultaneously.

Most dogs are exposed to coccidia, and its resulting infection is not uncommon. Your dog or puppy will develop immunity to it in his life, and any infection in a healthy dog is usually unheard of by the adult years.

From a website called Vetinfo.

I don't know whether your birds have cocci or not. Medicated feed would be a good idea if there are cocci in your area, but it's not going to be enough amprolium to treat an infestation. Also, not all medicated feed is medicated with amprolium, sometimes it's an antibiotic, and since cocci are a protozoa, an antibiotic isn't going to affect cocci. I'm really not sure what I would do. I might see if I could get my vet to do a fecal.

 

Duramycin won't kill cocci.