Current Approaches for Diagnosis and Prevention of Poultry Coccidiosis
Vivek Agrawal
Published: December 20, 2021
Abstract
The global chicken industry is a thriving enterprise containing many sectors, including meat and egg production, from which approximately 3.5 billion chickens are produced annually. Eimeria spp is one of major hurdle in raising chickens profitably. Highly host-specific Eimeria are ever present in galliform birds and causes immense economic losses approximately US$ 2 to 3 billion annually. Coccidiosis has remained the focus of anxiety in the commercial poultry producers not only owing to the mortality losses in acute infections or lowered production, but also as a consequences of cost input required for effective chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis.