My Ali is now getting help! updated pictures

[MaggieSims]

did he say strongyles

Strongyles is probably the parasites eggs the vet saw.

Don't stress too much, this has been a rough year for many You did the right thing and got the fecals to the vet, now you can proceed to treat them

Strongyles

Strongyles, that's what it was!! And 3 different kinds of coccidia?? Are multiple kinds once common?


And yes, I did give her copper, on the 23 Rd of August. I ordered goat specific copper bolus from Amazon. Com.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Ive only ever heard of one kind of Cocci....

 

[babsbag]

I had to go and look it up, there are numerous kids of cocci in goats. Who knew?

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/digestive_system/coccidiosis/coccidiosis_of_goats.html

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Yes, there are different kinds. Also different kinds are in different species.

 

[misfitmorgan]

I had to go and look it up, there are numerous kids of cocci in goats. Who knew?

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/digestive_system/coccidiosis/coccidiosis_of_goats.html

Interesting....guess it makes sense, since other parasites have many kinds. i know cocci isnt a parasite per say lol.

Glad you found the problem. i am starting to think cocci are more responsible for thin and balding adult goats then people give credit for. General consensus is that adult goats handle cocci pretty well except when moved sometimes but im thinking some are just more affected by them then others. Anytime anyone has a balding, thin goat our first thought is copper but maybe it should be copper or cocci. Just a thought.

 

[Southern by choice]

The most common is Eimeria arloingi

But yes, there are others.

I have given quite a few links I think are interesting.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21247039
http://sciencejournal.in/data/documents/TPR-Vol-4-3-4_1.pdf

http://nexusacademicpublishers.com/uploads/files/Nexus__14.pdf

Anytime anyone has a balding, thin goat our first thought is copper but maybe it should be copper or cocci. Just a thought.

Selenium deficiency has a greater likelihood of causing baldness, losing hair, thinning hair.


Map for Selenium levels by county in US
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geochem/doc/averages/countydata.htm

 

[Green Acres Farm]

i know cocci isnt a parasite per say lol

Coccidia are parasites. They're not worms, though, they're protozoans.

 

[Sweetened]

Oops

sorry, I was indicating that I had better luck with the solid blocks rather than loose mineral

 

[misfitmorgan]

Coccidia are parasites. They're not worms, though, they're protozoans.

Oh yep your right i was thinking cocci isnt a parasi....ic worm lol...my brain isnt all the way on today to close to friday.

The most common is Eimeria arloingi

But yes, there are others.

I have given quite a few links I think are interesting.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21247039
http://sciencejournal.in/data/documents/TPR-Vol-4-3-4_1.pdf

http://nexusacademicpublishers.com/uploads/files/Nexus__14.pdf



Selenium deficiency has a greater likelihood of causing baldness, losing hair, thinning hair.


Map for Selenium levels by county in US
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/geochem/doc/averages/countydata.htm

Yes selenium as well....but in my case as well as at least 4 others i have seen recently it turned out not to be CAE, copper, or selenium but it was cocci causing it. It's another thing to be mindful of anyhow when those symptoms present themselves.

 

[MaggieSims]

Well miss Ali is on her last day of wormer meds, she looks the same and acts the same, but hopefully she will start gaining weight. I have goat chow I am starting slowly for her, and does anyone have experience with chaffhay? It's the compressed alfalfa hay in a bag? Will it work like alfalfa cubes?