Re: Blood in poop?

From: Ace (acefarm_at_hawaii.rr.com)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:15:38 GMT

Your post sounds like Coccidiosis and the dark clotted blood shows that they
need immediate treatment. Here's a repost that I sent several months ago. It
will explain a lot more.

> When birds get coccidiosis, their immune system weakens an they usually
(but not always) come down with multiple illnesses and it gets harder to
diagnose. I keep preaching about this but if you have a lot of chickens on
the same property year after year, your yard will "chicken out" and you will
get more and more diseases. Worming and treating for coccidiosis eliminates
90% of your problems with illness.Be sure not to use both methods because
you can cause kidney failure by dosing with too much sulfa. Be sure to read
directions on whichever method you use and follow them. I know too many
people who think "if a little is good, a lot should be better". I really
don't understand this because scientists study these things and the labels
are there for a purpose. I, myself, don't personally know any farmer
scientist so I rely on the labels until something proves them wrong.
Coccidiosis is not life threatening if you allow the birds to develop their
immunity SLOWLY, by allowing them protection from the oocysts. The symptoms
to watch for in your young fowl are as follows:
1. Loss of appetite
2. Ruffled feathers
3. Birds act cold, droopy and listless
4. Combs turn pale
5. Weight loss
6. Get thin breasted
7. Droppings can be watery, bloody, pasty, light brown to yellow in color
You have to remember that there are 9 different types of Coccidiosis and
only 2 of them will show blood in their droppings. Different species will
attack different parts of the intestinal tract. The protozoa develop very
rapidly and mature in 4-7 days. Each germ is capable of producing 900 eggs
the first generation. hen each of these will mature and producte that many
more. So in just a few weeks, there can be millions of coccidia in the bird'
intestines. When a bird is infected with this disease, the germs will
destroy the lining and tissues of the intestinal tract. This interferes with
the absorption and digestion of feed. It causes hemorrhaging and anemia and
it allows other disease producing germs to enter into the system through the
damaged intestinal lining. Thus, you could get a secondary disease that
would make your fowl sick and die and not even realize that the big problem
is that they have cocci.<

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