Rao Zahid Abbas

INTRODUCTIONAvian coccidiosis is caused by protozoa of genus Eimeria, which belongs to family Eimeriidae and has multiple species with complex life cycle stages (Abbas et al., 2015, 2019; Khater et al., 2020). Eimeria species mostly affect bird intestines and cause bloody diarrhea, poor feed conversion ratios, and high mortality. Among all Eimeria species, E. tenella and E. necatrix are the most p ...

Department of Parasitology; 1Institute of Microbiology; 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; 3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan Pakistan Veterinary JournalISSN: 0253-8318 (PRINT), 2074-7764 (ONLINE)Accepted: July 21, 2013 ABSTRACT Avian coccidiosis is thought to be the one of the most expensive infectious diseases of po ...

INTRODUCTION Commercial poultry farming is expanding day by day and contributing in the provision of affordable and high quality proteins (Ahmad et al., 2010; Ghafoor et al., 2010). However, this sector is still confronted with many enteric diseases like coccidiosis which are hindering its progress (Saima et al., 2010; Hafez, 2011). Avian coccidiosis in an intestinal protozoan disease caused by ...