Coccidiosis

Sharpshooter82

I believe i may have Coccidiosis in the calves (Group of 6). One of them has bad diarrhea (watery) and the rest have dirty tails. they are out on pasture for the last 2 months and have no loss of appetite to date. what do you recommend for treatment

bbam

Vecoxin.
Great job for it, But it's not cheap.

Sharpshooter82

cheers for that, just rang the farm shop and its 110 euro a litre :eek: but they said they would just sell me enough for the calves so i wouldnt have to buy the whole thing thank god for that

jfh

we just did the calves with the sympthons too last year,
this year we were advised by our vet to dose all the weanling. i tried to convince the father not to but we went along and did them all, works out v expensive.

whelan1

jfh wrote: »

we just did the calves with the sympthons too last year,
this year we were advised by our vet to dose all the weanling. i tried to convince the father not to but we went along and did them all, works out v expensive.

also works out expensive if they die, every calf here gets vecoxan at 10 days old and again 10 days later if needed

whelan1

for those who are interested 1 litre vecoxan is 100 euro from CAHL

jersey101

whelan1 wrote: »

for those who are interested 1 litre vecoxan is 100 euro from CAHL

how much does a calf need?

whelan1

jersey101 wrote: »

how much does a calf need?

20ml at ten days old ... bigger animals need more

mickmac1

u can get a brown powder from the vet. he will tell you to mix a spoon full with water but use a fist of it and a tea spoon of sulphur powder. had one calf was very bad last week and one dose of it cured him.

Sharpshooter82

Was told there today that there is a lot of it this year due to the heat stress on cattle earlier in the year. A lot of lung worm doing the rounds too

whelan1

try and keep birds away from where you are feeding meal, they apread coccidiosis

Sharpshooter82

I gave mine 40 ml as they are near 100kg and was told to keep an eye on them in 8 weeks to see if it returns but I'm told that because I got it the once ill have to keep an eye on the cattle in future years as it returns to the land.
I'm thinking of feeding the calves a bit of hay for the next few days to help dry them up, would this be a good idea does anyone know

Milked out

same problem here, vet recommended taking the worst off grass all together and feeding hay instead. said the grass would go straight thru them

bbam

The Vecoxin cures the scour quickly.
Unless awful I wouldn't bother feeding hay.

Sharpshooter82

bbam wrote: »

The Vecoxin cures the scour quickly.
Unless awful I wouldn't bother feeding hay.

well there is one and he is like a fountain (sorry about the image)

whelan1

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

well there is one and he is like a fountain (sorry about the image)

might be no harm to get the vet so, might need something sronger

Sharpshooter82

none of them seem to be under any stress tho. i gave them a little hay earlier on and they tore into it like their life depended on it. Ill give the dose a day or two first

whelan1

good article on crypto and coccidiosis in part 3 of the journal this week

Sharpshooter82

whelan1 wrote: »

good article on crypto and coccidiosis in part 3 of the journal this week

cheers for that didnt pick it up yet

Dampintheattic

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

cheers for that didnt pick it up yet

Which? The journal or the cocci? -;)

kingdom fan

Decox is the name of the brown powder, i think, I'm not sure it's still available, I got a big bag of it a few years ago about 5 lbs but its nearly gone now, usually treat every calf at a few weeks old and again if any calf gets it

Sharpshooter82

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Which? The journal or the cocci? -;)

That remains to be seen

cow man

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

well there is one and he is like a fountain

I don't think your problem is Coccidiosis unless there are traces of the gut lining or blood showing in the dung.

Sharpshooter82

the vecoxin seems to have done the trick tho, for the time being

royaler83

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

the vecoxin seems to have done the trick tho, for the time being

Vecoxan is great stuff, it's like an expensive butt-plug :-)

Sharpshooter82

royaler83 wrote: »

Vecoxan is great stuff, it's like an expensive butt-plug :-)

oh lord, the image