Ruminant Coccidiosis.
Anticoccidial
Diarrhea
Eimeria
Intestinal
Management
Patent period
Pathogenicity
Prepatent
Journal
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice
ISSN: 1558-4240
Titre abrégé: Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511905
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
entrez:
8
2
2020
pubmed:
8
2
2020
medline:
15
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ruminant coccidiosis, caused by Eimeria species, is a significant and widespread enteric disease in young livestock worldwide. High morbidities and significant mortalities may be observed. For disease diagnosis, fecal samples from clinically ill animals should be analyzed for both, identity (ie, pathogenicity) of Eimeria species and excreted oocyst amount. To prevent coccidiosis-related economic losses, management measures to reduce infection pressure and improve general animal health are crucial. Anticoccidial drugs are widely used to control clinical and subclinical disease. Treatment is most efficient when applied prophylactically or metaphylactically. To avoid development of parasite drug resistance, drugs should be used sustainably.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32029184
pii: S0749-0720(19)30061-1
doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2019.12.006
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
187-203Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Disclosure The authors have nothing to disclose.