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==Other Avian Coccidia==
==Other Avian Coccidia==
===Coccidia of Turkeys===
*5 ''Eimeria'' species
**2 important pathogenically
*''Eimeria'' in caeca causes petechial haemorrhages and caseous caecal cores
*''Eimeria'' in the anterior and mid-intestine causes necrotic enteritis and petechial haemorrhages
*Causes watery [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] in young poults and some mortality
===Coccidia of Geese==
*3 ''Eimeria'' species
*2 intestinal species causing macroscopic lesions in kidney tubules
**Oocysts carried in urine and pass out with faeces
*Renal species cause severe disease in goslings
**Depression, emaciation, [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] and sometimes death
===Coccidia of Ducks===
*Several ''Eimeria'' species
*Another coccidia species which produces 8 sporozoites which are not enclosed in a sporocyst
*Causes severe enteritis and mortality in ducklings
**Haemorrhages and pale focal lesions in small intestine
===Coccidia of Game Birds===
*3 main species
*Caecal species most pathogenic causing white caecal cores
==Coccidia of Cattle==
==Coccidia of Cattle==