›› 2009, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 142-144.

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Epidemiological Investigation of Rabbit Coccidiosis in Lanzhou, Gansu Province

MA Yong-hua 1,2,JIA Wan-zhong1, YAN Hong-bin1, TIAN Guang-fu1, CHEN Shi-en2   

  1. (1.Key Laboratory of Aminal Parasitology of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology,Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou 730046, China; 2.College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-06-20 Published:2009-06-20

Abstract: Coccidiosis is a kind of sporozoan diseases in rabbits caused by coccidian of Eimeridae, which has been a great threat to rabbit breeding industry. In this paper, investigations on coccidian species and their epidemic in rabbits from 5 food markets of Lanzhou, Gansu province were performed. Analysis of rabbit coccidian epidemic will provide a basis for the separation of coccidian species and prevention.

Key words: rabbit; coccidiosis; epidemiology