Coccidiosis in Korean Native Cattle

비육한우(肥育韓牛)에 집단발생(集團發生)한 콕시듐증(症)

  • Park, Cheong Kyu (Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Gyeongbug National University) ;
  • Jang, In Ho (Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Gyeongbug National University)
  • 박청규 (경북대학교 농과대학 수의학과) ;
  • 장인호 (경북대학교 농과대학 수의학과)
  • Published : 1978.05.30

Abstract

Enteritis occured in a herd of Korean native cattle in Gyeonbug district in February 1977. of 40 cattle ranging in age from 15 to 20 months, 17 had been sick for the past six days with main clinical findings of feces containing mucus and blood. Among affected cattle, feces of 8 cattle were examined bacteriologically and parasitologically to investigate the causative agent. The disease was diagnosed as bovine coccidiosis caused by Eimeria zurnii based on the detection of $o{\ddot{o}}cysts$ and one of cattle was infected E. bukidnonensis, too.

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