Studies on Ovine Coccidiosis. I. Some Physiological Changes Taking Place in Experimental Infections with Eimeria ninae-kohl-yakimovi (Yakimov and Rastegaeva, 1930) and Eimeria faurei (Moussu and Marotel, 1901)

Abstract

Studies concerning physiological effects of coccidia on their hosts have been chiefly confined to Eimeria tenella and the domestic fowl. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of coccidial infections on levels of inorganic serum phosphorus, serum protein, blood glucose, blood hemoglobin, total volume of red cells, and on the digestibility of feed protein in lambs. Unfortunately, a pure culture of Eimeria ninae-kohl-yakimovi oocysts was not available, therefore a mixed infection of this species and Eimeria faurei was used.