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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: kanisha on August 11, 2011, 12:15:01 pm

Title: coccidiostat
Post by: kanisha on August 11, 2011, 12:15:01 pm

Hi, I was just wondering if there was a way of treating for coxxcy  without buying a large amount of product would a product suitable for chickens ever be suitable for dosing one or two sheep?

thanks

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: VSS on August 11, 2011, 05:42:59 pm

Are you sure it is Coccidiosis? Its usually only a problem in young lambs under 8 weeks old. After that they seem to be less susceptible to it.

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: woollyval on August 11, 2011, 06:05:03 pm

MMMMMMM.....my thoughts too! if a really squitty younger lamb ....say about 8 weeks, does not respond to worming/fluke drench i would getpoo sample to vet to test for coccy. It can be 'in the pasture' but usually will raise its head when taking on new ground where it already exists, or in dirty buildings/dirty bedding. If an older lamb, say 4-5 months plus or an adult its probably not coccy!

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: kanisha on August 11, 2011, 06:31:12 pm

I don't have a problem lamb but was asking on behalf of someone else with a newly arrived youngster. I considered the question valid from the point of view that if I did have an isolated problem buying a litre of stuff seemeed like quite an expense. Would a product for poultry be suitable?

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: SallyintNorth on August 11, 2011, 06:53:59 pm

If you only want a dose or two of something sold by the litre, it can be worth asking the vet; they may be able to dispense a syringe full for you.  It'll be more per dose but less outlay overall if you only have a few to dose.

Otherwise your local friendly farmer may oblige.

I don't know the answer to your question about poulty coccidiostat, but (a) suggest you look the specific product up on NOAH or similar, (b) people on here do talk about coccidiostats in poultry feed being harmful to ponies and I'm not sure what else.

http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Compendium-datasheets_A-Z/Datasheets/-23637.html (http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Compendium-datasheets_A-Z/Datasheets/-23637.html)

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: Anke on August 11, 2011, 08:10:53 pm

An injectable drug that a vet may be able to draw up in a syringe is INTRADINE. Goes into muscle if I remember correctly. It was last year sold as specifically for cocci, but this year is more general as not licensed for cocci as such anymore. Your vet may have an open bottle. Works a treat, I used it on lambs last year and on goat kids this year. You will need a fairly accurate weight of the lamb/kid. Dosage etc is on the bottle.

Title: Re: coccidiostat
Post by: shep53 on August 11, 2011, 08:19:44 pm

Before modern coccidiostats the drug of choice was sulphonamide from the vet