Coccidiosis in lambs in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina)

Abstract

The paper examines the results of the research on the coccidiosis in lambs in Vojvodiina. The present study was conducted in 90 sheep flocks from the all territory of Vojvodina in the period from March 2014 to January 2015. Sheep of both sexes (320 males and 580 females, for a total of 900) were randomly chosen. There were 610 adults (one-year-old and above) and 290 lambs. Colected faeces samples were examined using routine coprological methods. During our examination coccidiosis were found at 32.22% (29/90) flocks. We usally occured mixed infection with 2-3 coccidia species. At sheep most abundant species were E.ovinoidalis found at 87.1%, followed by E faurei (42%), Eimeria ahsata (37%), E. granulosa (31%), E. intricata (19%), and E. pallida (8%). Oocyst were found at adult ant young animals, but clinical sign of disease were present only at young animals. The number of excreted oocysts was higher in lambs than in adult sheep.