coccidiosis

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rouxshortorn

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how does one know when they have coccidiosis in the herd and is it only found in young stock,or can it be found at any age? I've been showing for a few years and learning new things as I go, but finding it hard to get info about certain thing!!!! thinking others will start pointing fingers at others.
 
We have good luck treating the water with "CoRid" it's about $85 a gallon, you treat the water at 8oz per 100 gal for a week and then 4oz per 100 gal for 3 weeks. You should be able to get it at the feed store / co-op.
It's been my experience that all cattle probably have the bacteria - but young cattle that are stressed it really takes over and causes them problems
 
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We have good luck treating the water with "CoRid" it's about $85 a gallon, you treat the water at 8oz per 100 gal for a week and then 4oz per 100 gal for 3 weeks. You should be able to get it at the feed store / co-op.
It's been my experience that all cattle probably have the bacteria - but young cattle that are stressed it really takes over and causes them problems

Been hearing a lot about co rid lately.So I had a few questions.First you can't get it in Alberta as I have asked my nutritionist as well as a few vets.But how do you add it in water what do you do if you have automatic drinkers and not troughs?
 
We also have automatic waterers - so what I do is isolate the calves I'm treating and turn off the autmatic water or cover it and give them a trough - it's a pain but the alternative is to give as a drench to each individual - a much bigger pain!

Usually we'll see it hit a few pretty hard when we bring them in off summer range and wean them prior to shipping - it's a combination I think of stress from moving them, weaning them and starting them on feed - I keep an eye out for the first signs of it and separate those individuals out into a separate pen with the treated trough. They'll clear up on a week or so, but we'll leave them on it through the course of treatment to make sure they're good before they ship out.
 
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