preliminary study on the incidence of eimeria infection in guinea fowl and trials to its control

ABSTRACT

The results revealed high incidence of E. grenieri in guinea fowl allover one year 66.3% and highest rate were winter especially in the newly hatched keets. The isolated E. Grenieri oocysts were identified according to morphobiological criteria. They were ovoid 21. 75 x 15. 50 um with uniformly thick wall and micropyle was present. The sporulation time was 20 hours. The sporocysts were pear-shaped containing comma shaped sporozoites. The polar granules were present while the oocyst residium was absent. The trial of treatment with Baycox and Esb3 were found effective