coccidia

Greetings. I've decided to reach out and see if I can gather some ideas about any aspects of keeping 1,500 sheep you care to discuss. I'm in the Northeast US. I've had 120 +/- ewes for the last 5 years and now looking to expand to 1,500 for a solar park grazing contract. Winters are wet and...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland During the calving rearing period, there is an increased risk of disease or sickness, with scour being the biggest risk to young calves. Scour is the biggest killer of young calves on dairy farms, and the severity of cases can vary greatly – from...

Hi all - first post for me. I would like to learn to carry out my own FEC testing. I have found a course in Dorset but we are in Shropshire. Can anyone offer any advice on how to go about getting trained up and find out the best equipment to buy please? We have pedigree sheep and donkeys. TIA

Anyone any idea what could be wrong with this calf? Found her with a very mucky back end as can be seen in the image... Apears to be like a bloody diarrhea, definitely blood coming too. Calf still seems lively and is eating corn and sucking it's mum but obviously something must be wrong. Thanks

First year treating month old lambs with Tolracol for cocci , how often does anyone using it need a second dose , Dont usually keep lambs indoors but due to outdoor grazing pressure have to keep them in a bit longer ,so going to start creeping them to get them off first 40 ewes ewes asap (recon...

Ask a farmer what coccidiosis is, and he or she will inherently mention ‘blood scour’. Are they right? Yes and no. Coccidia is species-specific, the single-celled organism of the protozoan family. An infected host (e.g. lamb/calf) will shed billions of coccidia oocysts in their environment...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business New diagnostic data from MSD Animal Health suggests nearly a quarter of infectious calf scour cases are likely to have been caused by a mix of disease organisms widespread in the UK farming environment. Last winter the company was able to monitor scour...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland New diagnostic data from MSD Animal Health suggests nearly a quarter of infectious calf scour cases are likely to have been caused by a mix of disease organisms widespread in the UK farming environment. Last winter the company was able to monitor scour...

Written by William Kellett As the warmer summer weather dries out ground soaked by the heavy UK rainfall during May, cattle producers are being urged to be vigilant for any coccidiosis outbreaks in calves around weaning. The summer months are a peak risk period for coccidiosis outbreaks in...

Written by John Swire As the warmer summer weather dries out ground soaked by the heavy UK rainfall during May, cattle producers are being urged to be vigilant for any coccidiosis outbreaks in calves around weaning. The summer months are a peak risk period for coccidiosis outbreaks in spring...

Looking to raise a few meat ducks just for our own use, the prices online seem silly £5 to £10 per bird (Aylesbury or Aylesbury cross). Is there a more average price ?

Hi I come from a farming family who don't vaccinate for anything hoping to get animals to build up own immunity apart from bluetongue the 1st year which was a waste of money and I've married into a family that does vaccinate for a lot off things and now I got my own sheep about 15 charlais ewes...

dont usually keep ewes and lambs indoors more than few days , but this year due to local keep issues and value of fat lamb , have kept them in longer than normal to get everything eating creep before turnout , had a bit of issue with cocci in lambs 2-3 weeks old , nothing dead but hit a couple...

Understand this might have been debated to death but there is new models around. I will be building new infrastructure at my new farm, cattle set up i have sorted. As for sheep, i aint race drenching or crutching again. So for smaller sheep i was thinking peak hill sheep handler or open to...

Written by Agriland Team Speaking to farmers over the last week, they have said that they have come across a couple of flock health issues, particularly with their lambs. The main issues that seem to be arising are that both ewes and lambs are showing signs of lameness, as well as a couple of...

Written by Agriland Team Over the last two weeks or so, the weather has finally become good and grass growth rates are on the rise. This, in turn, has seen the majority of farmers let their ewes and lambs out to pasture and take their minds off what has been a terrible February and most of...

January began settled and cloudy with mild weather for most of the month except for a cold, wet period towards the end of the month. Consequently, the provisional UK mean temperature in January was 5.6oC, which is 2.0oC above the long-term national average (1981-2010). Regionally temperatures...

At Chanelle Animal Health we're delighted to bring our new anti-coccidial to market in the UK. It's called Dycoxan and it contains diclazuril, which is licenced for the prevention of coccidiosis in lambs and calves. It has zero meat withdrawal. Contact your local Animal Health Distributer for...

Ciarán Lenehan, Chanelle's Technical Specialist, advises on when is best to administer oral anti-coccidial drenches like Chanox (toltrazuril) or Dycoxan (diclazuril).

The first thing many farmers will refer to on hearing ‘coccidiosis’ is the characteristic bloody diarrhoea and straining. However, the problem with coccidiosis is that it is largely sub-clinical, so much of the time goes unnoticed on-farm. “A sub-clinical disease is one that disrupts...