%0 Journal Article
%T Diagnosis and classification of Eimeria species in cattle in Mosul
%A H. S. Al-Bakry
%J Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences
%D 2009
%I University of Mosul
%X Examining 140 fecal samples of cattle from different regions of Mosul showed that the total percentage of infection was 25.71% with the oocysts of Eimeria, and the species of Eimeria recovered were: E. subspherica (11.42%), E. zuernii (8.57%), E. bovis (6.42%), E. alabamensis (5%), E. canadensis (4.28%), E. bakidnonensis (4.28%), E. ellipsoidalis (4.28%) and E. cylindrica (2.85%). The single infection with Eimeria constituted 12.85% of the animal infection. The incidence of infection was higher in cattle under the age of one year (30.92%) and the percentages of infection in both males and females of cattle were 24.13%, 26.82%, respectively.
%U http://www.vetmedmosul.org/ijvs/media/9-1-3a.pdf