Abstract
A severe outbreak of diarrhea associated with poor growth was reported in ten newly weaned goat kids that originated from a research farm (Group A). Two of these kids underwent necropsy examination. Five goat kids of the same age maintained in the same pen showed no clinical signs (Group B). The clinical, gross pathological and histopathological features of the clinically sick animals were consistent with severe coccidiosis. Group A animals had significantly lower levels of serum vitamin B12 (
Original language | English |
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Article number | 005920 |
Pages (from-to) | e005920 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- 18S rRNA
- Cobalt
- COI
- Eimeria arloingi
- Goats
- Vitamin B
- Vitamin B12
- Eimeria
- Coccidiosis/diagnosis
- Goats/parasitology
- Goat Diseases/epidemiology
- Vitamin B 12 Deficiency/veterinary
- Animals
- Feces
- MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION
- N.
- PARASITES
- APICOMPLEXA EIMERIIDAE
- goats
- vitamin B-12
- DNA
- DIETARY COBALT
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- veterinary(all)
- Parasitology