Coccidia

[crumberly]

Hi there, I am new to this site and was looking for an answer about corrid pellets. We have a 3 month old and a two week old Jersey. We were told The older one had coccidia and lost her organic certification due to treatment. We are feeding medicated milk replacer, grain for calfs and hay and grass. We have had them for almost two weeks now and she was not well at first but with the medicated milk and a shot of antibiotics and electrolytes she got better real fast!(she was lethargic and coughing and did not want to eat)She just started getting blood in her stool after not drinking her milk last nite, she only wanted grain.
So can I give her corrid pellets and medicated feed at the same time?

[G. Seddon]

The person most qualified to give you an answer to this is your veterinarian, particularly since you are feeding Corid pellets for the coccidia and medicated feed for ???? Pneumonia? What antibiotics was it given?

I believe that when you start combining remedies for different problems, you need the advice of your vet, but I might be the only person on this board who will recommend that.

[Bret]

Welcome. I agree with G.S. Do you have a vet that you could call right away?

[CJBegins]

Something to consider is....are you sure she is eating the proper amount of corid pellets. A more accurate way of dosing would be to give the liquid orally.

Is she getting probiotics? What kind of medication is in her feed?

[BMCC]

Pellets are for prevention of coccidiosis, for treatment of confirmed coccidia need to drench with liquid Corid per label instructions. The Corid used in combination with a sulfa drug is usually pretty effective.

[crumberly]

Thank you for all the replies!
I have not given the corrid pellets to her as she is getting med milk replacer by poulin feed for prevention of coccidia. The feed i just purchased for her is also medicated for prevention of coccidia, also by poulin feed. The previous owner said she had coccidia and they treated her for it but I feel she has not gotten over it since she did not want milk anymore, only grain, she missed her dose she was getting and then the next day she had a little blood in the stool. She then wanted the milk again so I gave it and now, no blood. She is now on the medicated feed and weaning off of milk. The shot (duramycin) was almost two weeks ago for shipping fever, creamy snot from nose, coughing,lethargy and lack of appetite. Totally worked 48 hours later she was a new girl. She still acts happy,hungry and full of spunk. Just don't know if she needs a drench or the corrid pellets which also you can treat for coccidia as well as prevent it. And we did give her probiotics as well for her tummy.

[G. Seddon]

Did the previous owner have a fecal sample that tested positive for coccidia? If not, you might want to have this done to be sure that it's not something else.

I've only used Corid in water (as instructed on the bottle) as a treatment for weanlings that developed coccidia; the vet suggested adding strawberry flavored Koolaid to encourage them to drink it (and it worked very well). The following year, I started my calves on starter feed with Lasalocid (before weaning) to prevent coccidia from stress of weaning.

If you don't have a vet, I urge you to contact one because if you're new to raising cattle, you will eventually need one for one reason or another. Once you've established a relationship with a vet, you are more likely to get assistance when you need it; if you have an emergency situation and no vet to call on, you've got a problem.