A Review on Poultry Coccidiosis

Coccidiosis in Poultry: An Overview

Introduction Coccidiosis is one of the most important diseases of poultry caused by protozoa, Eimeria and is generally characterized by bloody diarrhea, the primary symptom and high mortality. The bloody diarrhea is mainly due to intestinal epithelium dying off since a large number of oocysts and merozoites burst out of the cells. The disease spreads from one bird to another by contact with inf...

Study on Poultry Coccidiosis in Tiyo District, Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

The objective of this study was first to investigate the prevalence of poultry coccidiosis and to identify the coccidial species occurring in the study area on local strain and Rhode Island Red breed chicken. The study involved questionnaire survey, fecal examination, necropsy examination and identification of coccidial species based on their morphology, predilection site in the intestine and s...

Coccidiosis in poultry: review on diagnosis, control, prevention and interaction with overall gut health

Coccidiosis in poultry is still considered as one of the main diseases affecting performance of poultry reared under intensive production systems. Although a lot of research efforts have been allocated towards molecular techniques, and a lot of progress has been noted in this field, practical use of these techniques are not available today, except in the field of diagnostics, where several poly...

Porcine Neonatal Coccidiosis: A Clinical Review

Garlic: An Alternative to Antibiotics in Poultry Production, A Review

In last decade, the uncontrolled use of antibiotics as growth promoter for livestock has led to the appearance of antibiotic-resistant pathogens and increased risk of infectious diseases. This situation has triggered intensive research efforts to find safe alternative strategies. Certainly, the plants and vegetables and their derivatives as natural safe substances could be good candidates in th...