title: Does Plasmodium gallinaceum induce relapse of Eimeria acervulina infection in chickens?
abstract: An experiment was carried out to test the hypothesis that chickens previously infected with Eimeria acervulina, but having ceased producing oocysts, recommence E acervulina oocyst production when infected with Plasmodium gallinaceum. No relapse of coccidiosis was caused by the malarial infection. Subsequent treatment with the immunosuppressant betamethasone of the control chicks infected with E acervulina only did not reveal any occult coccidial infection. The results are critically compared with previously published results which apparently supported the hypothesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006400:Hematocrit; D008289:Malaria, Avian / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D001623:Betamethasone