title: Coccidiosis in rabbits: a field study.
abstract: During a survey 1052 faecal samples were examined in commercial and domestic rabbitries in Belgium. Nine different species of Eimeria were recognised. E magna, E media and E perforans were very common in both production methods. E flavescens, E intestinalis and E stiedai occurred more commonly in traditionally reared rabbits. E stiedai was not recorded in commercial rabbitries. E coecicola, E irresidua and E piriformis were less common. Oocyst output was suppressed in increasing efficacy by clopidol, sulphaquinoxaline/pyrimethamine (10:1), sulphadimidine and robenidine (P less than 0.01). The use of a droppings pit reduced the level of coccidial infection significantly compared with a sledge type of cleaning mechanism (P less than 0.001).
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D003049:Coccidiostats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003049:Coccidiostats