Coccidosis caused by Eimeria scabra in a finishing hog.
Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria scabra was diagnosed in a 60-kg finishing hog with severe diarrhea and weight loss. Fresh and fixed tissues from a farrowing to finishing operation in eastern Georgia were submitted. Examination of hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections of small intestine revealed large numbers of thick-walled oocysts and large macrogamonts. Although coccidiosis has been associated with diarrhea in baby pigs, coccidiosis as a cause of diarrhea in finishing swine is seldom reported.
D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000473:pathology*