Coccidia prevention..... Calf Pro?

LoneStrChic23 · #21 10/30/12, 02:41 PM

You would think!!! Especially where I'm at..... We aren't as dry as say Odessa or El Paso, but we are dry compared to east Texas, and we don't have east Texas humidity either... My vet says it's due to our lack of ground freezes, the buggies can breed year round instead of going dormant for a short time..... No clue if that's legit or not, but we even have fleas/ticks year round too...

We are relocating soon to east Texas.... Not sure how the humidity and extra rainfall will effect our parasite problem..

I've often toyed with the idea of concrete kid runs that I could bleach....lol Perhaps that would lessen the need for me to be so strict with coccidia prevention

**mygoat** · #22 10/30/12, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LoneStrChic23

I've often toyed with the idea of concrete kid runs that I could bleach....lol Perhaps that would lessen the need for me to be so strict with coccidia prevention

That might help a little.

But I once heard that cocci is more susceptible to ammonia than bleach. I imagine a thorough soaking in either, then allowed to sit dry in the sunshine for the no-kid season would be adequate to pretty well eliminate cocci though.

If I get that calf pro (which it sounds pretty good to me!) I'll probably still weigh kids and do 1mg/kg dose that they suggest, just because I like being economical and dosing by weight if indicated to do so. I'll probably weigh them once per week, add up total body mass, then put that dose in milk every day.

LoneStrChic23 · #23 10/30/12, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mygoat

That might help a little.

But I once heard that cocci is more susceptible to ammonia than bleach. I imagine a thorough soaking in either, then allowed to sit dry in the sunshine for the no-kid season would be adequate to pretty well eliminate cocci though.

If I get that calf pro (which it sounds pretty good to me!) I'll probably still weigh kids and do 1mg/kg dose that they suggest, just because I like being economical and dosing by weight if indicated to do so. I'll probably weigh them once per week, add up total body mass, then put that dose in milk every day.

On dosing, the 1ml per 11lbs is what is reccomended for cattle right? Do you think the same dosing would apply to goats too?

I would prefer to go the most ecconimical route as well, as long as I could do it effectively.

JBarGFarmKeeper · #24 10/30/12, 09:41 PM

One pump is 10cc and we have never given more than that for our calves. They look awesome! We haven't lost one all year...none! No sickness, scours, set-backs...nothing.

Same with goat kids. We haven't had to give Baycox to any animal that was still on the bottle. And yes, we, too, feed until about 6 months.

LoneStrChic23 · #25 10/30/12, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JBarGFarmKeeper

One pump is 10cc and we have never given more than that for our calves. They look awesome! We haven't lost one all year...none! No sickness, scours, set-backs...nothing.

Same with goat kids. We haven't had to give Baycox to any animal that was still on the bottle. And yes, we, too, feed until about 6 months.

That's good to hear.... The local lady I know who uses it swears by it..... She buys newborn dairy bull calves for dirt cheap from the auction & she specifically looks for the newborns.... Said she's even bought a few who were still wet! She tubes them with colostrum and on their 3rd day starts the Calf Pro.... She's never lost a calf. A friend of hers had a shabby meat goat herd he was selling off & gave her 3 newborn kids, triplets whose dam had died & he didn't have the time or inclination to bottle them, so she took them & just raised them the same way she did the auction calves & they thrived.

She lives in the same climate as I do, and only has 4 pastures, all of which have been heavily used at one point or another, and yet she still gets her scrawny calves up to a good butcher weight for resale...... My brother in law bought one of the kids she raised and he looked great & dressed out well, so hopefully I will have the same luck

And seriously, the idea of just putting a few pumps in the lambar once a day makes me giddy with the sheer simplicity!