Weanling coccidiosis

Straw bed, don't think the pen strep would aid much, a bit of Kaolin powder might help the gut. Take a sample to vets or maybe ring them before you get in see what they say

Antibiotic, white powder, Bovicox. Get vet. If it is coccidiosis you will need to look after it well

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There is usually a show of blood and mucous with coccidiosis in young calves, I don't know if the same is true for weanlings.

Ya, I only say it as it was never an issue here but I had one last year, outwintered him with a comrade reckon he might picked up an overload in wet fields (all guesswork really)

Couldn't figure out what was wrong with him as it would usually be a bit of pneumonia here if you had one with an issue.....it was rumen fluke and he got a fair doing but he's recovering well now.....eventually...

Id say its in them all but doesn't affect thrive with most, just some seem to be more susceptible....might be something to consider too if the animal is very watery....I'd be checking anyway, especially if the animal has access to wet/damp fields.

Nothing wrong with dosing individual animals if you think they aren’t thriving.

I had a ewe this year that lambed down in great condition, maybe even a bit too fat. She reared her lambs but was thin at weaning. I had her consigned to the cull group but dosed her for worms and both flukes and she thrived on and made the cut for breeding.

A Sulpha powder over two days, a dose of Vecoxan and a shot of Nuflor cured any blood scour here. The earlier it’s treated the better, it can kill if left too long.

You need to source good calves

Had an issue with rumen fluke in two animals two years ago. Vet dosed with zanil. Nearly lost them. We should have gone with a half zanil dose. The zanil wiped out all the adult fluke but then the immature ones came out and overloaded the animals. The adult and immature would exist in balance.