copasure dosage

[20kidsonhill]

Very likely coccidiosis. I would also consider tapeworms.

 

[elevan]

Tapeworms wouldn't cause the anemia though. I'd definitely suspect coccidia .

 

[20kidsonhill]

Tapeworms wouldn't cause the anemia though. I'd definitely suspect coccidia .

Good point, I didn't catch on to the anemia.

 

[mully]

Mix some molasses with corn meal and a little flour make a small "meatball" then mix the copper rods into the meatball The goats will eat this with gusto and it is a no fuss method. Be aware that they will be looking for more.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I mixed my copasure with karo syrup and spread it on their favorite leaf... they sucked them down like there was no tomorrow.

 

[treeclimber233]

When the vet did the fecal they saw no cocci. She has been wormed for tapeworms. I had no trouble getting the rods in either doe. I am completely stumped as is my vet. I don't think it is cocci because none of my babies showed any symptoms at all of dirreaha.

 

[ksalvagno]

I would send in a fecal to a state lab or college lab that does more to test than just a fecal float. You may find other worms that never show up on a fecal float. A good example is that while your garden variety coccidia will show up on the fecal that the local vet does, Eimeria macusaniensis (aka EMAC) which is also a type of coccidia will not. When I have sent in stool samples to the Ohio State Lab, I have gotten back some very interesting results that were never seen from the local vet fecal test.

 

[Renegade]

You can send off a fecal but I would treat the goat for coccidia while you're waiting for results. You said this goat is aleady anemic. A sulfer drug is not going to hurt anything. If the vet's office didn't let the fecal sit long enough you won't find coccidia. (It takes longer for coccidia to float.)

Donna

 

[20kidsonhill]

We had fecals done and it only showed a low level of bankrupt worms, not enough to be causing all the problems we were having. When we consulted wilth the vet. He didn't feel the fecal was dependable enough for coccidiosis results and adviced us to treat any way. We treated and the goats got better. I would advice treat for coccidiosis if htey aren't doing well and see what happens. You don't always get scours from coccidiosis.

 

[ksalvagno]

20kids, did you have the fecals done at your vet or sent off to a state lab? I would like to stress that sending a fecal off to a state lab gives a much better picture of the worm load in your animals than the fecal done at the local vet. I know because I have done fecals in the past that were done at the vet office and also at the state lab and the state lab came up with more parasites than the local vet fecal found.