Pooping Blood

[Chickery Chick]

I agree FancyChookLady, "medicated" starter food is for cocci. It is what I use. I don't want my chicks all getting sick, spreading cocci around, and dying because I'm worried about it being in their eggs 9 mo later. I've never had a cocci case on my property ever.

 

[ten chicks]

Cocci is bacteria not a infectious disease or virus such as Marecks disease in chickens, parvo in dogs, or flu/cold in humans.
Becoming immune to a certain virus by pre exposure to it is true, but cocci is not a virus.

Cocci usually shows up in the very young or animals that have compromised immune systems.

Immunity comes from the animal getting older and their own immune system functioning at optimal levels, not from pre exposure.
A 2nd time cocci outbreak in a puppy reoccurring (getting it again) is very common if it is re-exposed to the bacteria prior to the puppies immune system functioning at optimal levels (usually under 4mo.)

Coccidiosis is parasitic,not bacterial. Any chicken at any age can have an overload/outbreak of Cocci. There are 9 strains of cocci,chickens are only immune to the strains they have had exposure to.

 

[ten chicks]

Cocci is bacteria not a infectious disease or virus such as Marecks disease in chickens, parvo in dogs, or flu/cold in humans.
Becoming immune to a certain virus by pre exposure to it is true, but cocci is not a virus.

Cocci usually shows up in the very young or animals that have compromised immune systems.

Immunity comes from the animal getting older and their own immune system functioning at optimal levels, not from pre exposure.
A 2nd time cocci outbreak in a puppy reoccurring (getting it again) is very common if it is re-exposed to the bacteria prior to the puppies immune system functioning at optimal levels (usually under 4mo.)

Coccidiosis is parasitic,not bacterial. Any chicken at any age can have an overload/outbreak of Cocci. There are 9 strains of cocci,chickens are only immune to the strains they have had exposure to. Chicks on medicated starter feed can still have an overload/outbreak of Coccidiosis,then you need medication as medicated feed DOES NOT contain enough Amprolium to do anything for an overload/outbreak.

 

[cafarmgirl]

Coccidiosis is parasitic,not bacterial. Any chicken at any age can have an overload/outbreak of Cocci. There are 9 strains of cocci,chickens are only immune to the strains they have had exposure to. Chicks on medicated starter feed can still have an overload/outbreak of Coccidiosis,then you need medication as medicated feed DOES NOT contain enough Amprolium to do anything for an overload/outbreak.

X2 what ten chicks said. It's really important to be aware of exactly what cocci is and how it needs to be treated. It's definitely NOT bacterial! Big difference between bacteria and protozoa and big difference in how the two are treated.

 

[Chickery Chick]

Wikipedia is miss-leading then. It starts out with this quote.
"Coccus (plural cocci or coccuses) can be used to describe any bacterium that has a spherical shape."
So I thought I was reading about Cocci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccus

Further reading on other sites about coccidiosis I see that you are correct a chicken can build immunity to cocci. My apologies.

 

[dawg53]

Wikipedia is miss-leading then. It starts out with this quote.
"Coccus (plural cocci or coccuses) can be used to describe any bacterium that has a spherical shape."
So I thought I was reading about Cocci
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccus

Further reading on other sites about coccidiosis I see that you are correct a chicken can build immunity to cocci. My apologies.

Regarding chickens, cocci are protozoa:
http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/disproto.htm

 

[crc310]

Cocci is short for several words, try not to get confused. Coccus, coccidiosis, coccidioidomycosis are just a few

 

[casportpony]

When referring to the protozoa, it's probably best to just write coccidia or coccidiosis instead of cocci, IMO.

-Kathy

 

[cheekyhens]

Is this what a cocci poop looks like?

 

[casportpony]

Is this what a cocci poop looks like?

I had a hen poop something like that so I treated her with Corid and Safeguard and the blood went away, so I can't say for sure what it was.

-Kathy