Coccidia

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PARASITES
PROTOZOA



Coccidia of Poultry

Coccidia - Joel Mills

Other Avian Coccidia

Coccidia of Goats

Coccidia of Horses

Coccidia of Pigs

Coccidia of Dogs

Coccidia of Cats

Coccidia of Rabbits

  • Besnoitia bennetti in larynx of horses
  • Hepatozoon americanum and subclinical H. canis in periosteal bone formation
    • Both are Tick borne diseases
      • H. canisRhipicephalus sanguineus
      • Ticks become infected by ingesting a blood meal containing macrophages and neutrophils infected with the parasite gamonts -> sexual replication in the gut of the tick -> oocysts containing infective sporozoites -> dogs ingest the tick  schizogony occurs in numerous tissues.