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coccidiosis

[ kok-sid-ee-oh-sis ]

noun

Veterinary Pathology.
  1. any of a series of specific infectious diseases caused by epithelial protozoan parasites, which may affect the intestines of birds, domestic animals, or dogs.


coccidiosis

/ °ìÉ’°ìËŒ²õɪ»åɪˈəʊ²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. any disease of domestic and other animals caused by introcellular parasitic protozoa of the order Coccidia. One species, Isospora hominis, can infect humans
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coccidiosis1

1890–95; < New Latin Coccidi ( a ) ( coccidium ) + -osis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of coccidiosis1

C19: from New Latin; see coccus , -osis
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“They had metabolic bone disease from poor nutrition, low blood calcium, parasites, ringworm, giardia, and coccidiosis. They were just barely alive, and we were really concerned that they wouldn’t make it.â€

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Hansen said the industry can still do more to prevent the use of antibiotics to treat coccidiosis, a parasitic disease found in chicken intestines.

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If blight kills all of your tomatoes, or coccidiosis takes all your chickens, you still have a bounty of squash surrounded by turkey pens.

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While it is used in turkeys, chickens and pigs, farmers give it primarily to chickens to help control the parasitic disease coccidiosis, to promote weight gain and for "improved pigmentation," the FDA said.

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All of them may cause disastrous epidemics of coccidiosis.

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