Coccidiosis, caused by protozoa of the genus Eimeria, results in health and economic problems to several classes of livestock. The disease reduces feed consumption, body weight, and feed efficiency and may cause mortality of 24% in some cases (Fitzgerald, 1975). An estimated 77 million young cattle in the United States could be infected by coccidia during the first year of their life. Of these,...

A detailed study on rabbit coccidiosis in a subtropical hilly region of India regarding prevalence, intensity of infections, species involved and control measures adopted during mortality in a rabbit farm due to coccidiosis, was undertaken for awareness of the rabbit owners of the hilly region. Overall 57.28% rabbits were found positive for coccidial infections. Mortality in rabbit was diagnose...

BACKGROUND MLF2 was the candidate gene associated with coccidiosis resistance in chickens. Although single marker analysis supported the association between MLF2 and coccidiosis resistance, causative mutation relevant to coccidiosis was not identified yet. Thus, this study suggested segregation analysis of MLF2 haplotype and the association test of the other candidate genes using improved data ...

s of papers 29 118 Effects of dietary ingredients and Eimeria acervulina infection of chick performance, MEn and amino acid digestibility. M. E. Persia*, P. L. Utterback, E. L. Young, and C. M. Parsons, University of Illinois. In each of four two-wk experiments, chicks were inoculated either on D 9 or 11 with 5.0 x 105 sporulated oocysts (acute infection) or D 9, 12, 15 and 18 with lower levels...

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...

Decoquinate is a quinolone derivative that has been used for over 20 years in the control of coccidiosis in domestic ruminants. Decoquinate treats coccidiosis in lambs and calves and prevents coccidiosis in lambs when administered in feed at a dosage of 1 mg decoquinate/kg bodyweight (b.w.) daily for at least 28 days. It prevents coccidiosis in calves and aids in the prevention of coccidiosis i...

The present study was performed to know the prevalence of coccidiosis and efficacyof anti-coccidial drugs in capital city Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. A total 573broiler birds different age groups were sampled from area farms processedaccordingly. Fecal flotation McMaster egg counting techniques used for Oocystidentification counting, respectively. Postmortem lesions and
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BACKGROUND The potential for rabbit production in Kenya is high. However, high morbidity and mortality of domestic rabbits were reported. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine the pathology, prevalence and the predisposing factors to coccidiosis in domestic rabbits in selected regions in Kenya. ANIMALS AND METHODS A total of 61 farms keeping rabbits in six different counties were ...

Five experiments were conducted with young, male, crossbred chicks to investigate the effects of experimental Eimeria acervulina infection on the efficacy of supplemental Cu and (or) methionine when added to a corn-soybean meal diet. Duodenal coccidiosis (due to E. acervulina) and supplemental Cu (500 and 750 mg/kg) depressed weight gain and efficiency of feed utilization. Supplemental Cu incre...