Estudio comparativo de signos y lesiones de coccidiosis cecal y duodenal y su importancia económica en la producción de broiler

Abstract

The production of broiler chickens is always threatened by different diseases that can occur within the farm and among the most common we have is coccidiosis, which is caused by the presence of intestinal parasites of the Eimeria genus, this disease causes great losses in the weight gain of the animal and for this same reason it represents a great loss in the economy of the poultry farmer. Symptoms such as bloody diarrhea, loss of appetite and depression in chickens, depending on the type of coccidia, which commonly attack chickens within their third to fourth week of age we have the Eimeria: Acervulina, Maxima and Tenella. In the field this disease can cause total losses if it is not treated in time, it is necessary to implement a protocol where coccidiostats are administered as a form of prevention and thus avoid greater losses, the comparison of these 3 species of Eimeria can be done due to its location at the level of the intestine and the injuries that are caused, as well as with the taking of the sample and seen under the microscope, since the E. maxima turns out to be the largest of all, hence its name, and then we can differentiate the E. .tenella due of coagulated blood that we can find in the bird's caeca. With good sanitary management and compliance with the established protocols, the presence of these parasites within the farm can be avoided and in this way significant losses can be avoided.