Re: [AlpacaTalk] Re: Coccidiia [1 Attachment]

Are you serious? When the cria has an infection, antibiotics are indicated, and hopefully blood tests or other cultures would be done by a veterinarian to indicate which antibiotic or other med is required. If a cria has a failure of passive transfer of passive immunity, and does contract an infection of some kind, antibiotics are indicated. Even if a cria has a high IgG, it can still become infected with a pathogen. In which case, antibiotics are likely to be in order.

In case you are wondering, I did not, nor did anyone else as far as I know, claim that antibiotics should be use dot treat coccidia. Those infections are treated with SMZ-TMP, Albon, or Corid; or with Decox as a preventative.

Another paper I just read says that Naxcel is a good initial choice for crias. page 5.