Indigestion in Goats - How to administer Epson Salt?

[elevan]

Just found this:

AS A DRENCH

CORID drench solutions may be stored in a clean, closed, labeled container for up to 3 days.

5-DAY TREATMENT: Add 3 oz CORID 20% Soluble Powder to 1 qt (32 fl oz) of water and, with a dose syringe, give 1 fl oz of this solution for each 100 lb (45 kg) body weight. This will provide a dose of approximately 10 mg amprolium/kg (2.2 lb) body weight. Give daily for 5 days. Treatment should be on a herd basis only; when one or more calves show signs of coccidiosis, it is likely that the rest of the group has been exposed, and all calves in the group should be treated.

21-DAY PREVENTION: During periods of exposure or when experience indicates that coccidiosis is likely to be a hazard, add 1 1/2 oz of CORID 20% Soluble Powder to 1 qt (32 fl oz) of water and, with a dose syringe, give 1 fl oz of this solution for each 100 lb (45 kg) body weight. This will provide a dose of approximately 5 mg amprolium/kg (2.2 lb) body weight. Give daily for 21 days.

That sounds much better

 

[Goatmasta]

That is too diluted in my opinion if you work the math backwards it doesn't come out to the 2.5cc/10lbs of undiluted 9.6% oral solution that is commonly used for goats

 

[elevan]

there is a calculator on the corid website http://www.corid.com/calculator.html

it is formulated for cattle. In the goat world apparently we use about 5 times the dosage... the dosage I gave you was for the 9.6% oral solution..

http://www.corid.com/drench_treatment.html

So...are you advising that the OP give 5x the dosage? As I've said CoRid is not what I grab for cocci...

Drenching instructions for cattle state:
give 1 fl oz of this solution for each 100 lb (45 kg) body weight.

By your statement that would mean they should give 5 fl oz per 100#...that seems like a lot...especially to what I use with Albon...

 

[elevan]

That is too diluted in my opinion if you work the math backwards it doesn't come out to the 2.5cc/10lbs of undiluted 9.6% oral solution that is commonly used for goats

Do you use CoRid?

 

[elevan]

20Kids uses CoRid....maybe they can help out...

 

[Goatmasta]

Yes I use corid as well as dimethox. If you look at the calulator and put in 10lb animal on the 5 day treatment they recommend ..02oz or .47ml /day 5x less than what is commonly used. if you switch tabs to the 20% powder it recommends half that amount

But I have never used the powder!

 

[elevan]

Yes I use corid as well as dimethox. If you look at the calulator and put in 10lb animal on the 5 day treatment they recommend ..02oz or .47ml /day 5x less than what is commonly used. if you switch tabs to the 20% powder it recommends half that amount.

Their math is gonna be based on the % of medicines is in each part of solution.

You normally use 9.6% and the OP has 20% which means that the OP is gonna use a smaller amount. No question about that.

 

[Mzyla]

Thank you guys! I appreciate all of your united effort to figure this one out.

Averaging all of these Instructions and calculations - 1 tea spoon into a 1 Quart of water seems like a compromise?

 

[Goatmasta]

Yes I use corid as well as dimethox. If you look at the calulator and put in 10lb animal on the 5 day treatment they recommend ..02oz or .47ml /day 5x less than what is commonly used. if you switch tabs to the 20% powder it recommends half that amount.

Their math is gonna be based on the % of medicines is in each part of solution.

You normally use 9.6% and the OP has 20% which means that the OP is gonna use a smaller amount. No question about that.

If you go to the calculator you can swap between the 9.6% and the 20%... If you calculate on the 9.6% it tells you to use 5x less the amount that is commonly used for goats. which is 2.5ml/10lbs.

 

[helmstead]

I HATE math...

Mkay...I THINK I would put SIX oz dry measure of the powder into 1 qt of water...and then dose as they've said (1 fl oz per 100 lbs) remembering that there are nearly 30 ccs per fluid oz...



Because with the 9.6% one should x5 the dose, so makes sense that at 20% one should x2 the dose OR SO...