Abstract

An investigation was carried out in a sheep farm from Bengaluru North region to identify the presence of coccidia species. In a total of 70 sheep, about twenty faecal samples were randomly collected from animals and subjected to faecal examination by concentration methods. All the 20 samples were found positive for oocysts. The oocysts were subjected for sporulation by invitro methods for identification of species respectively. Based on the morphometric studies it revealed five different Eimeria oocysts viz., Eimeriaarkhari (42x33.6 μm), E. ovina (25.65x33.6 μm), E. pallida (39.9x28.5 μm), E. parva (22.8x19.95 μm) and E. faurei (34.2x22.8 μm).

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