Caprine Coccidiosis: An outbreak in the Green Mountain in Libya

Date

2015-6

Type

Article

Journal title

Journal of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 7

Author(s)

Ibrahim Eldaghayes

Pages

229 - 233

Abstract

This study involved a herd consisting of 200 goats in Green Mountain area, suffering from decrease in weight gain, bloody diarrhoea and severe anaemia and in some cases death within few days. Generally, there was no response to the treatment with antibiotics, anthelmentics and multivitamins. The last animal that died was submitted for post-mortem examination. The disease affecting the herd was diagnosed as coccidiosis. This is the first report of caprine coccidiosis in the Green Mountain Area in Libya.

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