Cocci Prevention / Treatment Thread

[Mamaboid]

We don't do anything for the adults. We don't feed any medicated feed right now. My preggers and milking girls get a sweet feed type of goat feed that our local mill mixes especially for goats, and all the hay they can eat. They browse and graze on the pond bank and in the fields free range an hour or so when the weather is so we can be out with them. The bucks get hay and browse only. They all get loose minerals with extra AC added to the boy's.

 

[redtailgal]

Thanks for the info.

 

[elevan]

I've stopped feeding medicated feed. It gives a false sense of security and I felt that I was just wasting my money.

As far as treating adults...no I don't, not unless a fecal warrants it. Coccidia just isn't really common in goats over 2 years old.

 

[Roll farms]

Same here. Honestly, if I had an adult that 'needed' treatment (aside from a random rescue case in bad shape) I wouldn't want to keep / breed it and that need into our herd.

 

[gigiintheforest]

I have a baby pygmy wether who is 8 wks old and only 8#s. We just picked him up from the breeder who I believe never treats for coccidiosis. He is very thin - you can feel his ribs - but he eats like a champ so I started giving him a little calf manna to pick up the weight just a bit. I wormed him orally yesterday with Ivermectin and was wondering if I should treat him with Demethox for coccidiosis. I don't think he's ever been treated and his eyelids and gums are a very pale pink. He also has a "belly". Any thoughts?

 

[Goatherd]

If his stool is normal and he's eating well, give the wormer a chance to work before treating for cocci.

 

[gigiintheforest]

If his stool is normal and he's eating well, give the wormer a chance to work before treating for cocci.

Okay. That makes sense. His stool is normal and he's eating everything in site. We've only had them a week and so I'm as nervous as a first-time mother - LOL! :/

 

[20kidsonhill]

So, what is everones drug of choice? (ok wow, that was poorly worded, lol)

And how many of you DONT do preventative?

Do you do preventative on kids only, under 1 years old only, on the whole herd?

WE feed medicated feed to all kids and replacement breeding stock under two years of age. The feed has rumensin in it.

We medicate in the drinking water with corid(in the gallon) or Sulfa-dimethoxine12.5% starting when the first group of kids is 3 weeks of age. The water is available to all the does and kids in that pen/field. Roughly the dosage is 2ounces(60cc) per 5 gallons day 1 of corid and 1 ounce(30cc) per 5 gallons day 2 to 5, and double that for the sulfa-dimethoxine 12.5%. However if for some reason I calculate they aren't getting enough daily medication per lb of total animals then I increase the dosage or treat them all by hand for a couple of days along with in the water. We treat every 21 to 28 days, until the kids are weaned.

Any actively scouring animals suspected of having coccidiosis are treated by hand for 5 days with Sulfa-dimethoxine and Penn G shots.

 

[Roll farms]

I have a baby pygmy wether who is 8 wks old and only 8#s. We just picked him up from the breeder who I believe never treats for coccidiosis. He is very thin - you can feel his ribs - but he eats like a champ so I started giving him a little calf manna to pick up the weight just a bit. I wormed him orally yesterday with Ivermectin and was wondering if I should treat him with Demethox for coccidiosis. I don't think he's ever been treated and his eyelids and gums are a very pale pink. He also has a "belly". Any thoughts?

It could be cocci or a cocci / worm combo. Rather than wait (and risk the damage cocci can do to the intestinal lining), why not have a fecal float done looking for coccidia and then treat if needed. Fecals are relatively cheap (20$ or so). Me, I'd treat him ASAP w/ DiMethox and then repeat in 21 days, but a fecal would def. answer your question.

8# at 8wks is WAY under weight. I would suspect cocci and possibly other parasites. Have you checked him over for lice / mites? Sometimes external parasites will cause anemia as well, and with the mild winters had by some, the creepy crawlies are thriving.

 

[elevan]

I have a baby pygmy wether who is 8 wks old and only 8#s. We just picked him up from the breeder who I believe never treats for coccidiosis. He is very thin - you can feel his ribs - but he eats like a champ so I started giving him a little calf manna to pick up the weight just a bit. I wormed him orally yesterday with Ivermectin and was wondering if I should treat him with Demethox for coccidiosis. I don't think he's ever been treated and his eyelids and gums are a very pale pink. He also has a "belly". Any thoughts?

It could be cocci or a cocci / worm combo. Rather than wait (and risk the damage cocci can do to the intestinal lining), why not have a fecal float done looking for coccidia and then treat if needed. Fecals are relatively cheap (20$ or so). Me, I'd treat him ASAP w/ DiMethox and then repeat in 21 days, but a fecal would def. answer your question.

8# at 8wks is WAY under weight. I would suspect cocci and possibly other parasites. Have you checked him over for lice / mites? Sometimes external parasites will cause anemia as well, and with the mild winters had by some, the creepy crawlies are thriving.

I agree.