Lisa Collado Chichel

As the global population continues to grow, the demand for high-quality protein in animal nutrition is increasing. The broiler industry, as one of the largest and fastest-growing livestock sectors, faces significant challenges in securing sustainable and cost-effective feed ingredients. Conventional protein sources like soybean meal and fishmeal are subject to price volatility, environmental impac ...

IntroductionCoccidiosis is one of the most devastating parasitic diseases in the poultry industry, causing annual losses exceeding $15 billion worldwide. It is caused by various species of protozoa from the Eimeria genus, which affect the digestive tract of birds, reducing feed efficiency, weight gain, and egg production in laying hens. Despite advances in biosecurity and nutrition, coccidiosis re ...

Is a parasitic disease caused by protozoan of the genus Eimeria, affecting virtually all domestic and wild poultry species.The disease transmission is fecal-oral, by ingesting sporulated oocysts present in the litter, from faeces from infected birds, although a mechanical transmission is also possible through dust, utilities, workers' clothing...The course of the disease (clinical/subclinical) ...