[Coccidiosis causes diarrhea in calves in the pasture. Pasture coccidiosis caused by Eimeria alabamensis]

Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2004 Mar 1;129(5):158-60.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A severe outbreak of diarrhoea in young (age 18-20 month) cattle 14 days after their first turnout is described. In the manure large numbers Eimeria alabamensis oocysts were found. This infection is considered as a case of coccidial diarrhoea in (older) calves at pasture.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / drug therapy
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cattle Diseases / parasitology
  • Coccidiosis / drug therapy
  • Coccidiosis / epidemiology
  • Coccidiosis / veterinary*
  • Coccidiostats / therapeutic use
  • Diarrhea / drug therapy
  • Diarrhea / parasitology
  • Diarrhea / veterinary*
  • Disease Outbreaks / veterinary*
  • Eimeria / isolation & purification*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Netherlands
  • Parasite Egg Count / veterinary
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazines / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Coccidiostats
  • Triazines
  • toltrazuril