Coccidia/Scours Question

[BlueHeronFarm]

I've read some posts that say scours smell "different" and "worse" when the cause is coccidia.

Can anyone describe this smell? Because, well, it all smells like s#$% to me at this point. (Milky s#$% - I'm trying to figure out loose, off-colored stool in some 10 day old kids.)

Also - can we look for coccidia with a smear or do you float the scours like regular poo? Is that possible even? We have a microscope -I'm just not sure what to do with the scoury samples.

[susanne]

how much milk do you feed and how often? milk or milk replacer? milk temp at feeding? what temp does the kid have? still good appetite? i know that are lots of questions but sometimes necessary to find the solution.
i think very bad smelling diarrhea is with e-coli infection.
fecal check for coccidiosis is also with flotation.

[BlueHeronFarm]

They get 8-10 oz., 4x day - goat or cow milk. Warmed - though maybe not enough last night. (This could be the problem - late bottle last night - not quite warm enough) One who had yuck poo is now back to yellow - pasty - but with definite clumps. I think he is OK. Is hungry and eating - got some gatorade and then his reguular milk at noon. Hubby is on doodie-watch for another one, who had some white poo today...not liquid, not paste.

I guess we can do a float tonight. These kids do not live in the barn with the adults and we have never seen coccidia in their floats, so not sure where the might get e. coli or coccidia problem, if that's it.

We're just ultra-paranoid - first babies born at our place.