observation of eimeria parva in goat and sheep from beed, m.s., india

Research Article
B.V. More, S.C. Lokhande and S.V. Nikam
DOI: 
xxx-xxxx-xxx
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Eimeria, Coccidia, oocyst, sporocyst,sporozoite
Abstract: 

During the present study ten species of Eimeria from sheep and twelve species of Eimeria from goats were found. Out of ten species in sheep eight species are redescribed and two are new species. Eimeria crandallis was the most frequent, being found in 108 out of 594 positive samples 18.18% of the total samples examined. followed by Eimeria parva 15.15%, Eimeria weybridgensis 13.80%, Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae 12.62%, Eimeria intricata 10.26%, Eimeria ahsata 9.25%, Eimeria ovina 6.90%, Eimeria ajantai 5.72%. Two new species are recorded, Eimeria balloonii and Eimeria beedatus. Eimeria balloonii (n.sp.) 4.37%, Eimeria beedatus (n.sp.) 3.70% of the positives samples examined. In case of goat out of twelve species Nine species are redescribed and three are new species . The commonest was E. arloingi, it was found 15.15% of the total sample examined. followed by E. crandallis 13.63%, E. parva 12.12%, E. ninakohlyakimovae 11.17%, E. intricata 10.41%,. E. christenseni, 8.90%, E. ahsata 7.57%, E. hirci 6.62%, E. parbhaniensis 5.68%,. Three new species are recorded, Eimeria straightatus, Eimeria susheelensis and E. leafii. E. straightatus 3.97%, E. susheelensis 2.84% and Eimeria leafii 1.32% examined. The relative prevalence of the sheep and goats are analysed.