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The species of coccidia occurring in cattle and sheep in the South-West of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. P. Joyner
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge and Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Starcross, Devon
C. C. Norton
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge and Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Starcross, Devon
S. F. M. Davies
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge and Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Starcross, Devon
C. V. Watkins
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge and Veterinary Investigation Laboratory, Starcross, Devon

Extract

A series of line drawings of the unsporulated and sporulated oocysts of the species of Eimeria found in cattle and sheep in Britain has been compiled.

The incidence of the different species in faecal samples from animals, of which only a minority were known to be suffering from enteritis or diarrhoea, has been recorded. Samples from sheep frequently contained five or six different species among which those that are believed to be pathogenic (E. arloingi, E. crandallis, E. ninaekohlyakimovae) were the most common.

The samples from cattle most frequently contained two or three species. E. bovis and E. zuerni, which are associated with acute disease, were the most common.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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