Fecal Slide pics

[daisychick]

That is a nice one! It or something like it is for sure on our wishlist. Thanks for sharing.

 

[pride&joy]

if I may ask what you plan to treat worms with?

 

[redtailgal]

if I may ask what you plan to treat worms with?

Well, I only found one barber pole egg with Socrates, and only two in the other, and the coccidia was very few. So at that level, and with no symptoms, I will probably not worm.

I will not worm animals that are not symptomatic, and I do NOT want to find poop with no worm eggs at all. Some may disagree, but I think that a little bit of a worm load is not a problem, and is actually beneficial by helping the animal be more resilient to worms in the long run.

Socrates had some runny poo, but that ended up being something else (someone top dressed a field and it rainwashed into our pasture).

But if I were to worm.......I plan on using Cydectin cattle pour-on, and drenching it, with a follow up fecal and possible repeat worming in 14 days, but I would get approval on here first, lol.

 

[zzGypsy]

Thanks for sharing! Those pictures are better than ones I have tried to find on the web. You should make us a fecal slide page for reference.

So did you find any signs of whipworm?

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[CluckyJay]

Excellent pictures and post!!!

 

[elevan]

if I may ask what you plan to treat worms with?

Well, I only found one barber pole egg with Socrates, and only two in the other, and the coccidia was very few. So at that level, and with no symptoms, I will probably not worm.

I will not worm animals that are not symptomatic, and I do NOT want to find poop with no worm eggs at all. Some may disagree, but I think that a little bit of a worm load is not a problem, and is actually beneficial by helping the animal be more resilient to worms in the long run.

Socrates had some runny poo, but that ended up being something else (someone top dressed a field and it rainwashed into our pasture).

But if I were to worm.......I plan on using Cydectin cattle pour-on, and drenching it, with a follow up fecal and possible repeat worming in 14 days, but I would get approval on here first, lol.

Right! Having some worms in a fecal is no cause for concern and actually helps the animals develop some immunity. You don't want to see a LOT of worms though.

Since RTG is using Cydectin as her go to she should be even more cautious about treating only when needed. Right now Cydectin is the "best" that we've got...meaning that the worms haven't developed a large amount of immunity to it. For more on parasite management check out the link in my siggy.

 

[dwbonfire]

that is soo awesome you get to do your own fecals. i worked as a vet tech and loved reading slides whether it was skin scrapes or fecals, its all so interesting. i really want to get a microscope that i can do this with, i looked at the link you shared for the scope you have, unfortunetly i cant swing that $ wise right now, do you or anyone know of a different model that is a little cheaper price-wise but good enough to still read fecals and scrapings?

glad to hear you dont have a worm problem either!