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Just wandering. Would adding a small amount of bleach in drinking water kill parasites ( or stomach worms).
Bleach and parasites
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You can add a small amount of bleach to your water, I have seen 1 cap full to 3gallons used. It kills bacteria and 99% of viruses, along with preventing algae from growing. I do not know the extent that it kills parasitic organisms however. Stepheck, isn't Corid for the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis?
Yep Johnny you are correct. Coccidia is a microscopic parasite. My concern with bleach is that when consumed it kills all bacteria Good and bad alike. We also clean all troughs every 4 days to combat the problems you mentioned. They always have Fresh Water available. As Always........Just what works for us here.
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Bleach if in the water can kill the good bacteria in a deer's stomach. We clean our water cups with bleach but then rinse them to get all the bleach out.
It depends on what type of setup people have to keep water readily available for there deer. If you have automatic watering systems, I strongly suggest cleaning them out with a small amount of bleach, then rinsing the water. You both hit the nail on the head when you said it will kill off the good bacteria. No sense in doing that, you might as well leave the deer with some water that is a bit dirty. I have seen some farms that take 1/2 a 55gal drum and use that for there deer. These work pretty good, they just tend to grow that nasty algae if not cleaned out on a regular basis. I would think a small amount of chlorine would be no different than tap water. Before I would do anything like that I would most certainly do some research so I did not give my animals dangerous levels of it.
Bleach will not kill coccdia, I had a big issue with coccidia for 3 yrs and did some research on the internet. The animal hospitals and kennels use ammonia to keep it at bay, but still don't totally kill it. Some guys spread ammonia nitrate in their pens put has to be done in rain or just prior to rain, and the animals need to be removed for min, of 24 hrs.