Lethargic for 2 days/diarrhea

[casportpony]

Please check out my new article that has not yet been finished: https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/poultry-diseases-sicknesses-and-cures

Looks like a copy and paste from:
http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/sites/bva-awf.org.uk/files/user/free_range_poultry_diseases.pdf

-Kathy

 

[ChicknsRock]

Quote: Didn't copy and paste it, I got my info from Victoria Roberts's Diseases of Free-range Poultry.

 

[ten chicks]

tell me what you think of it. It's not finished yet...

Coccidiosis information does not list Amprol(Amprolium) or Corid(Amprolium) as coccidiostats. Birds younger than 3 weeks can have an overload of coccidiosis,and description of poop is incorrect.

Lethargic/greenish poop and gaping mouth can also indicate respiratory infections.

Worms/lice/mites can cause a bird to become anemic,they may also have pale combs.

 

[ChicknsRock]

Quote: If Amprolim works as a coccidostat, I will add it to the list. As for the description of white diarrhea, it is correct as even the OP's chicken has this symptom.

The book, I, the OP and this link all agree it is a symptom. http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/sites/bva-awf.org.uk/files/user/free_range_poultry_diseases.pdf

 

[ten chicks]

If Amprolim works as a coccidostat, I will add it to the list. As for the description of white diarrhea, it is correct as even the OP's chicken has this symptom.

The book, I, the OP and this link all agree it is a symptom. http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/sites/bva-awf.org.uk/files/user/free_range_poultry_diseases.pdf

None of my birds that had cocci,had white poop,ever. In article about coccidiosis,you neglected to mention that in some species of cocci(there are 11 strains)blood may show(i believe 2 species have blood as a symptom)the other 9 do not.

 

[casportpony]

If Amprolim works as a coccidostat, I will add it to the list. As for the description of white diarrhea, it is correct as even the OP's chicken has this symptom.

The book, I, the OP and this link all agree it is a symptom. http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/sites/bva-awf.org.uk/files/user/free_range_poultry_diseases.pdf

I *never* said white poop wasn't *a* symptom, just that I had never seen it, and I have seen it many times in the chicks at the feedstore and sometimes here. Amprolium is just one of the many coccidiostats, Sulfa drugs are another.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidiostat
A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites.[1]
Examples include:[2]

• amprolium
• arprinocid
• artemether
• clopidol
• decoquinate
• diclazuril
• dinitolmide
• ethopabate
• halofuginone
• lasalocid
• monensin
• narasin
• nicarbazin
• oryzalin
• robenidine
• roxarsone
• salinomycin
• spiramycin
• sulfadiazine
• toltrazuril

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

None of my birds that had cocci,had white poop,ever. In article about coccidiosis,you neglected to mention that in some species of cocci(there are 11 strains)blood may show(i believe 2 species have blood as a symptom)the other 9 do not.

And turkeys get seven of their own.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

According to Diseases of Poultry there are 9 strains of coccidia that affect chickens.

 

[casportpony]

According to Diseases of Poultry there are 9 strains of coccidia that affect chickens.

I think ten chicks found some info that says they've found a couple more... I also spoke with an avian pathologist who said something similar.

This book has a really good section on coccidiosis:
Penn State Poultry Health Handbook
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs52.pdf

 

[ten chicks]

I think ten chicks found some info that says they've found a couple more... I also spoke with an avian pathologist who said something similar.

This book has a really good section on coccidiosis:
Penn State Poultry Health Handbook
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs52.pdf

The latest article i read,dated December 7,2013 from Alberta,Canada states there are 11 species. Seems like the different species of coccidiosis that can affect chickens just keeps growing,it is a little alarming.