Coccidia (Protozoa : Eimeriidae) of Domestic Sheep in the United States, with Descriptions of the Sporulated Oocysts of Six Species

The coccidian parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of ruminants

“…Subramanian and Jha (1966) Chevalier (1966) ( 1965) found it in 56% of 642 sheep and 60% of 413 goats in Syria; Shah and Joshi ( 1963) (1966) in 88% of 198 sheep in England; Jacob (1943) in 5% of 100 sheep in Germany; Chevalier (1965) in 26% of 200 sheep in Germany; Patyk (1965) in 26% of 222 lambs aged 1-8 months in Poland; Delic (1955) in 14% of the sheep and lambs he examined in Yugoslavia; Merdivenei (1959) in 13% of the sheep he examined in Turkey; Balozet (1932a) Shah and Joshi (1963), Shah (1965) Prevalence. Shah and Joshi (1963) and Shah (1965) found this species in 5% of 300 goats in Madhya Pradesh and Jha and Subramanian (1966) Remarks. Gill and Katiyar (1961) Eimeria faurei (Moussu and Marotel, 1902) Martin, 1909 (Plate 55, Coccidium faurei Moussu and Marotel, 1902. Coccidium ovis Jaeger, 1921 (according to Pellerdy, 1963).…”

“…Wiesenhiitter (1965) found it in 95% of 413 goats in Syria. Shah and Joshi (1963) found it in 31% of 300 goats in Madhya Pradesh, India. Singh (1964) found it in 84% of 214 goats, and Jha and Subramanian (1966) (Jacob, 1943;Rysavy, 1954;Svanbaev, 1958;Delic and Cankovic, 1961;Pellerdy, 1965).…”

“…Description, The following description is based on Levine, Ivens and Fritz (1962), Shah and Joshi (1963), Chevalier (1966) and Savin (1965) Singh, 1964 Chevalier (1966), 60 hours at 20 C according to Savin (1965), or 1-2 days at room temperature in India (Singh, 1964 Rysavy, 1954), C. ibex (see Couturier, 1962;Pellerdy, 1965) Deiana and Delitala (1953b) reported that E. arloingi gamonts and gametocytes had caused hyperplasia of the small intestine with pseudo-adenomatous metaplasia of the villi, atrophy of the crypts of Lieberkuehn and cellular infiltration of the mucosa in kids. Gill and Katiyar (1961) described an outbreak of enteritis associated with lesions in the ileum in 12 kids 1-2 months old in India which they considered due to E. arloingi.…”

“…E. ninakohlyakimovac was first described by Yakimoff and Rastegaieff (1930) from the goat. The following description is based on those of the above authors and of Shah and Joshi (1963), Singh (1964), Savin (1964) and Chevalier (1966) The following description is based on those of Christensen (1938b), Shah (1963), Jackson (1964) and Chevalier (1965) Christensen (1938b), 3-4 days according to Balozet (1932a), 60 hours at 20 C according to Savin (1964) or 1-3 days according to Singh (1964) and Chevalier (1965). Schizogony and Gametogony.…”

“…according to Jackson, 1964 Kamalapur (1961). According to Jackson (1964) Shah and Joshi (1963) and Singh (1964 Svanbaev (1967a) said that the patent period was 9-10 days. Sporulation Time.…”