Cattle Coccidiosis
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چکیده
Bo\^NE COCCIDIOSIS is an infectious disease of cattle, known in its spectacular form as bloody scours or red diarrhea because of the characteristic bloody fecal discharges seen in severe cases. The disease is of economic importance in many parts of the world, including the United States {1, 12, 15).^ To the outright loss from fatal infections, which may take a heavy toll among calves, must be added the no less significant loss from retarded growth and general iinthriftiness among .survivors of nonfatal infections, many of which go midiagnosed because marked clinical symptoms are lacking.
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