Well, I'm probably not as smart as I thought I was (surprise surprise!) LOL! Reading up on a good cocci article showed me that essentially, the lambs actually were "clinical," they just handled it without scouring. In some cases, apparently the animal does not start to shed oocysts until 5-7 days after scouring begins as the immature protozoa are going about damaging the gut before they're old enough to reproduce. So doing fecals for determining coccidiosis has limited applications. Well, I can be happy that the lambs were tough enough to deal with it. Prevention is the key. Gee, a whole 'nuther thing to think about! :o)
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