This is how Amprolium is synthesized.
The drug is a thiamine analogue and blocks the thiamine transporter of Eimeria species. By blocking thiamine uptake it prevents carbohydrate synthesis.
Source:
Sarett, Lewis H. (1960). "The hormones". Journal of Chemical Education 37 (4): 184. doi:10.1021/ed037p184
Based on the date of this published study, I would like to look for recent work so I'll have to dive into the university resources later.
all this talk of scars reminded me of what my Dad told me years ago when our son had open heart. Vitamin E inside and out, works pretty good, have to check how much you can take,?I forgot to say that the "weaning off" of the medicated feed does sound like a good idea, and I don't see as how it could be harmful, anyway.
Nova - Yes, it really does take an average of 40 gallons of sap to 1 gallon of syrup! Isn't that crazy?
Surgeries - Ugh, yes, I would definitely try to find out if laparoscopy is an option, even if they do not bring it up. I have an 8 inch incision scar from just over 10 years ago that still gives me problems. Sometimes it aches, and sometimes it twinges and always I can barely feel half my belly. Also it gives me hiccups a lot!(Which sounds a bit funny, but they "accidentally cut too close" to my diaphragm, and you get the hiccups when your diaphragm gets irritated and starts contracting. So now my scar tissue irritates my diaphragm and gives me hiccups, which was really no joke after the surgery!
Those were some painful hiccups. Now I still need to sit down often when I get them, they are hiccups extreme.
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They made one heck of a mess with the feed, ect... The squirrels also discovered that I stored bread in the garage... Dang little buggers. LOL.
Wow I should put my waders on and get some out of the water.
Might have to fire off an e mail and let these guys know that the reason they are selling more of the cool ones at certain stores is a certain site, and our roadtrips....? lol. I don't suppose anyone is selling any porcelain de'uncles? or ordering from ideal? Can't get 25...... They have self blue too (lavendar) as well as the regular colors of them. 
That was one point I did not agree with, another was putting bleach in the water. 2T per gallon as stock then 2T of that into a gallon waterer. I think he said it was to lower the PH, in the gut witch would make it harder for parasite to live. 
My chickens do this but I have never had them in the house!! But you know mine always show up and give me those looks because they know I'm a sucker and will throw them something. We also have the guineas that show up and won't shut up until you feed them.
It was a bad day today, woke with tooth pain, car's starter died in Petoskey, then the Michigan Treasury didn't give us the right refund because there was a blank line where there shouldn't have been.They need a smiley pulling it's hair out!
On the good side, I am in amazement at how much snow we lost today! If it hadn't been for that stupid storm I could be digging in the dirt today! We are down to about a foot to a foot and a half. I tried to get medicated chick starter today for the little ones about to hatch. I don't usually feed medicated until I move them outside where they will be exposed to cocci. But the little ones who will be hatching in the coop need it right away. Anyway I couldn't get any. Chick day's don't start up here till next month. So I sterilized the little coop as much as possible with cleaning and bleaching. Tomorrow I will spay with Premritrin - bad spelling - and get it set up to move broody mama in. Will mama be enough heat for the little guys? I don't have power in the little coop as I have never used it for winter, but I could do an extension cord if I need to. I counted up yesterdays eggs and got 25, out of 28 hens, including one broody and one not laying yet, that means only one lazy Polish!
