[Species from genus Eimeria observed in domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) feces raised at the Municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2006 Oct-Dec;15(4):163-6.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

This study was designed to identify species of the genus Eimeria from eleven rabbit meat breeders from Campos dos Goytacazes. Fecal samples were collected from rabbits with different health conditions and consintence of feces. The following species of Eimeria were identified: E. perforans; E. magna; E. coecicola; E. irresidua; E. media; E. flavescens; E. nagpurensis; E. intestinalis, E. exigua and E. stiedae. Parasites from this genus were detected in 81.82% (9) of the rabbit meat production sites, regardless of the management and hygiene conditions. In all cases the infection was always caused from more than one species of Eimeria.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animal Husbandry
  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Eimeria / isolation & purification*
  • Feces / parasitology*
  • Rabbits / parasitology*