[AlpacaTalk] RE: Albon

Thanks for this link Heather - very informative!
I had no idea really what coccidia is. Pretty scary stuff. Do most
people use decoquinate for prevention? Seems that would be the thing
to do as opposed to waiting for it to appear and then treating for it?
My favorite girl was "unthrifty" for a long time, could not get her to
put on weight no matter what. The vet never ever mentioned the
possiblity of coccidia; I'm not really surprised, he always left the dx
up to me anyway for the most part; he would just shrug his shoulders
when I would ask questions - hence the reason (one of many) I no longer
have a vet. After reading this link that is the first thing I would
think of now and go ahead and treat for it?

Janice, really getting an education the past several months and amazed
that my alpacas have survived my ignorance all these years.

<<<<http://cascadealpacabreeders.com/index.php/Alpaca-Diseases/E-mac-or-I-
mac-Q-and-A.html
This article is specifically speaking to E. mac, but we prefer to use
Albon over Corid, as Coridd is a thiaminase, which means it depletes
or binds thiamine so that the coccidia can't reproduce, However, it
also depletes it from the alpaca, and can cause PEM, which you really
don't want to have to deal with.
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