Ivermectin and corrid at the same time?

[fluffymuffinbutts]

I feel awful and recently had one chicken die from coccidiosis in our flock. She and her buddy were 8 weeks old and new additions to our flock of ten chickens. We free range our chickens during the day. They were starting to integrate although pecking did occur occasionally but I tried to keep a watchful eye. The day before she was running around as usual then the next day she was exhibiting signs of coccidiosis before passing very quickly. She was only 8 weeks old. Her buddy is exhibiting no symptoms. No other hens are exhibiting signs of coccidiosis but I’m dosing their water and cleaning out the coop.

This morning I unfortunately noticed a lot of preening…I still need to confirm if they actually have mites/lice but just so I know in case, can ivermectin be used at the same time as corrid? I also don’t want to overwhelm the chickens using two meds at the same time unless I really need to!

Thanks for your help!!

 

[azygous]

It's important to understand what each med actually does in order to determine if they are going to interfere with each other.

Worm meds are a sedative and put the worms to sleep so their life cycle can't be completed and they die. The coccidiostat blocks vitamin B-1 which deprives the coccidia of an important nutrient and it stops them from completing their life cycle. As you can see, each works in a much different way, so it's not a problem using them at the same time.