What is coccidiosis ?

03/18/2009

Veterinarians and meat producers consistently rank coccidiosis within the top few most serious and costly problems of modern animal production.
Coccidiosis is caused by a protozoa, unicellular parasites of the Eimeria genus. They multiply in the epithelium of the intestine. Most animal species are susceptible.

The challenge is to maintain contamination above a level generating economic losses. Coccidiosis can be sub clinical and affect growth performance, impair feed conversion due to inefficient assimilation of nutrients originating in the abrasion of the intestinal wall that can not be compensated afterwards. Then real pathology can lead to diarrhoea and mortality.

Stress, high density, environment and sanitary status (wet litter) favour coccidiosis problems.

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