Coccidiosis is recognized as the major parasitic disease of poultry and is caused by the apicomplexan protozoa Eimeria. Increasing evidence shows the complexity of the host immune response to Eimeria and microarray technology presents a powerful tool for the study of such an intricate biological process. Using an avian macrophage microarray containing 4906 unique gene elements, we identified im...

BACKGROUND Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease of chickens caused by various species of protozoan parasites within the genus Eimeria. Diagnosis and genetic characterization of different species of Eimeria are central to the prevention, surveillance, and control of coccidiosis. The aim of this study was to detect different chicken Eimeria species from several areas in Khuzestan, southwest Iran....

Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate 5-kinases (PIP5Ks) play diverse roles in the cellular biology of many organisms, including signal transduction, secretion and vesicular trafficking, and regulation of cytoskeleton assembly. Discovery of the PIP5K gene in Eimeria tenella may shed light on its role in the biology of this avian protozoan, and afford further understanding of the cell-host interactio...

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Center for Research of Endemic Parasites of Iran (CREPI), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Gastroenterology and Liver ...

background: coccidiosis is an intestinal disease of chickens caused by various species of proto­zoan parasites within the genus eimeria . diagnosis and genetic characterization of different spe­cies of eimeria are central to the prevention, surveillance, and control of coccidiosis. the aim of this study was to detect different chicken eimeria species from several areas in khuzestan, south­west ...

Avian coccidiosis is caused by several distinct species of Eimeria protozoa and is the major parasitic disease of poultry of economic importance. As an alternative strategy to control avian coccidiosis without using prophylactic medications, we have investigated the efficacy of inducing passive immunity against coccidiosis by orally feeding hyperimmune IgY antibodies. In this study, a commercia...

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the species composition and salinomycin sensitivity of Eimeria oocysts isolated from commercial broiler farms that differed by means of coccidiosis control (anticoccidial drugs [ACD] vs. live oocyst vaccines [VAC]). A comparison of Eimeria species composition and salinomycin sensitivity was also made before and after a producer switched from sali...

background: coccidiosis is a serious protozoal disease of poultry. the iden-tification of eimeria species has important implications for diagnosis and con-trol as well as for epidemiology. the molecular characterization of eimeria spe-cies infecting egyptian baladi chickens was investigated. methods: eimeria species oocysts were harvested from intestines of naturally infected egyptian baldi chi...

Sanda A., Salman Al Said: Intratracheal Infection of Chickens with Sporulated Oocysts of Eimeria tenella. Acta vet. Bmo, 47, 1978: 185-187. Experiment involving 16 treated and 10 control chickens, aged 3 weeks, was conducted to study the intratracheal route of infection by sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella. In the experimental birds a surgical procedure was conducted to prevent ingestion of...