Dewormers in feed

[nbelval]

Getting goats on the 23rd and I am just trying to get my last few questions answered before they arrive!

I've been reading not to over medicate for worms (in other words don't give it unless they need it) so you don't end up with resistant parasites, but the Noble Goat Grower that I had planned (and has been recommended to me) on feeding my goats has medication in it for coccidia. (Medicated with Rumensin or Decoquinate for the prevention of coccidiosis)

Won't giving them this feed for the rest of their lives make a resistant strain of coccidia in my goats in the future? So confused! LOL help!

Thank you!

 

[Renegade]

No. Coccidia is a protozoa not a worm. Unless you live in the desert coccidia is in the soil.
I recommend the Rumensin. It's a coccidacide. Deccox is a coccidiastat.

Donna

 

[elevan]

No. Coccidia is a protozoa not a worm. Unless you live in the desert coccidia is in the soil.
I recommend the Rumensin. It's a coccidacide. Deccox is a coccidiastat.

Donna

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[nbelval]

Ok. So having it in the food everyday is good?
Just want to be sure. thanks!

 

[elevan]

It's helpful ...as in one more tool in your box. Don't allow it to make you complacent as you can still get a coccidia bloom while feeding these feeds, it's usually not as bad though.

 

[nbelval]

Great! Thank you so much. I just wanted to make sure having it in the feed wouldn't be harmful later on. I will definitely be watching my goats and checking their stools several times a year.
Thanks again for the clarification!

 

[OneFineAcre]

We don't feed medicated feed.

We give our babies a treatment when they are around 3 weeks old and again when they are six weeks old.

We don't treat beyond that unless we see scours or some indication of an issue. Adults should develop an immunity.

In fact, we've never had to treat an adult for it.

That's just us though.

I don't want to drink milk from a goat fed medicated feed.

Again, that's just us. It may be fine, I just wouldn't want it.

 

[nbelval]

These are pet wethers so I won't be drinking anything that they may produce!
I get your point though!

 

[meme]

I never fed our goats any grain when they were kids, medicated or otherwise. We also never used any coccidacide. We just added some yogurt to there daily bottles, and they were fine. Now that our doe has kidded, we do feed her UNmedicated Noble goat grain to support milk production . We are bottle feeding her triplets and do not plan to medicate them either. I am debating at this point if I should add yogurt to their bottles, now that they are starting to nibble on everything. I am thinking we should be safe if we just watch for loose stools or scours. I have never even heard of an adult goat getting sick from coccidia. People with a lot of kids to keep healthy usually medicate, which makes sense, but I only have three. I see no reason to medicate adults, or even feed pet wethers grain, for that matter. Grain usually does wethers more harm than good, and can cause U.C and obesity issues.

 

[elevan]

It can take a goat up to 2 years to develop immunity to coccidia, after that I wouldn't worry too much about it.