coccidia prevention

[Melbertsch]

Do you use preventative for coccidia only on bottle fed babies or all babies?

[Backfourty,MI.]

I dam raise our babies & I do coccidiosis prevention here too.

[Alice In TX/MO]

We do it on all of them.

[Creamers]

All kids. . .

[Laverne]

Yes, Coccidiosis and worm prevention for sure since I dam raise.

[steff bugielski]

All kids with this
http://fiascofarm.com/herbs/wormer.htm

[pygmybabies]

steff, you use the molly herbals for cocci prevention?

I was just going to ask when I start giving prevention, last year we got babies at 2 weeks old and they got it, so wanted to know does everyone treat all their does all year long, or just in spring?

I notice on the bag of Noble goat it says feed for 28 days. SOme of this stuff really gets confusing to keep it all straight

[Tallabred]

All kids. Cocci is such a problem here in this humidity that you have to be very scheduled for the prevention. It is amazing the difference in their growth when it is prevented.

[saanengirl]

I do not use coccidia prevention on my kids. I treat only if symptomatic. Why? I want them to develop a natural resistance to coccidia. I also do not keep kids in a small area where they can be constantly reinfected with a heavy load of coccidia. I feel like a constant light load is better for their long-term health even if it slows growth a little. I have seen cases where adult animals have succumbed to coccidiosis because they were exposed to a strain that was resistant to the coccidiastat in their diet.

[dustin biery]

When using the Corid powder, do you mix as directed for cattle?

[Oat Bucket Farm]

We use the Corid liquid which kills off the blood sucking stage while still allowing them to build resistance. The dose is 6.25cc undiluted per 25 lbs for 5 days every 21 days until 5 or six months.

weight dose
5 1.25
7 1.75
10 2.50
12 3.00
15 3.75
17 4.25
20 5.00
22 5.50
25 6.25
27 6.75
30 7.50
32 7.75
35 8.75
37 9.25
40 10.00
42 10.50
45 11.25
47 11.75
50 12.50
52 13.00
55 13.75
57 14.25
60 15.00
62 15.50
65 16.25
67 16.75
70 17.50
72 18.00
75 18.75
77 19.25
80 20.00
82 20.50
85 21.25
87 21.75
90 22.50
92 23.00
95 23.75
97 24.25
100 25.00

[Jcran]

We dose all our kids, with the dam-raised being a pain in the patoot to catch. It was/is my understanding that the prevention protocol HELPS them until they are big enough to have a natural immunity to it. Otherwise, even the subclinical infections can cause damage to the intestinal tract and they'll be behind nutritionally for the rest of their lives...am I mistaken? We use 12 1/2% dimethox

[steff bugielski]

I start all kids on Molly's at 3 weeks of age as per her instructions
scroll to bottom under general directions
http://fiascofarm.com/herbs/wormer.htm

[dustin biery]

The thing with the powder is that its a higher concentration, think its a 20%. Which seems like the dosage would be different than the liquid.

[Laverne]

I use Corid since it's supposed to kill the damaging stage of coccidiosis but not the younger benign stage, so builds resistance that way. I use the liquid Corid and it is used full strength 6.25cc per 25 lbs. Unless fecals are done I wouldn't trust anything but chemical. Worms don't lay eggs much if at all in the winter so a fecal could be clean making one think herbs are working.

[Melbertsch]

Originally Posted by Tallabred

All kids. Cocci is such a problem here in this humidity that you have to be very scheduled for the prevention. It is amazing the difference in their growth when it is prevented.

Cathy,
What should I use here? Dimethox or Corid or something else??

[Tallabred]

I have used Corid. It gags them pretty bad. I thought about trying the Dimethox to have less gagging but I am still working on my gallon jug of Corid.

I lost one of my first does to cocci damage, Goldie(small size and after giving birth could not process enough food for calcium intake- her 2 doelings grew up to be twice her size).

[julieq]

We don't use a coccidiosis prevention program for kids or adults and we just don't have a problem with it. Our vet told us years ago that he'd seen enough end stage liver failure in goats from breeders giving sulfa drugs to last him a life time.

[Tallabred]

Southern Idaho is a whole different world from the world of humidity.

[Melbertsch]

Originally Posted by Tallabred

Southern Idaho is a whole different world from the world of humidity.

I desparately need to work in the goat pens, and get to know my babies, IF IT WILL EVER DRY UP HERE!