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Research Project: Detection and Control of Foodborne Parasites for Food Safety

Location: Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory

Title: Book chapter, Coccidiosis in horses and other equids

Author
item CHRISTIAN, BAUER - Institute Of Parasitology - Germany
item Dubey, Jitender

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/1/2019
Publication Date: 11/27/2019
Citation: Christian, B., Dubey, J.P. 2019. Coccidiosis in horses and other equids. In: Dubey, J.P., editor. Coccidiosis in Livestock, Poultry, Companion Animals, and Humans. 1st Edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 231-243.https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429294105.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429294105

Interpretive Summary: Coccidia are a group of single celled parasites. This group of protozoa include important genera: Eimeria, Cystoisospora, Cyclospora, Sarcocystis and Isospora that can cause serious illness in livestock, poultry, and humans and some species are zoonotic (parasites transmitted from animals to humans). In this chapter, the authors review history, the life cycle, biology, epidemiology, diagnosis and control of coccidiosis in horses. This review will be of interest to parasitologists, biologists, and veterinarians.

Technical Abstract: This is a review.