title: Note on an epidemic of coccidiosis in domestic rabbits in the Plateau and Bauchi states, Nigeria.
abstract: During an epidemic of intestinal coccidiosis, 1128 young domestic rabbits died out of 2385 animals examined. Nine species of Coccidia were identified with a minimum of five different species per rabbit. Clinical and necropsy findings as well as treatment and control measures are described, epidemiology and pathogeny are discussed.
authors.affiliation: National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Okewole
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011817:Rabbits