Coccidial infections of goats in Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abu, Jalila, Dorny, Pierre, Abdullah Sani, Rehana, Salim, Nadzri, Vercruysse, Jozef
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Science 1998
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6481/1/Coccidial%20infections%20of%20goats%20in%20Selangor.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6481/7/1-s2.0-S0304401797001337-main.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6481/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401797001337?via%3Dihub
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Coccidial infections were studied in goats in the state of Selangor (peninsular Malaysia) during a 12-month period. The study included 10 smallholder farms on which kids were monitored for faecal oocyst counts from birth until 1-year old. Eimeria oocysts were found in 725 (89%) of 815 faecal samples examined. Nine species of Eimeria were identified. The most prevalent were E. arloingi, found in 71% of the samples, E. ninakohlyakimovae (67%), E. christenseni (63%) and E. alijevi (61%). The other species found were, E. hirci, E. jolchijevi, E. caprovina, E. caprina and E. pallida, present in 34, 22 12, 9 and 4% of the samples, respectively. Oocyst counts were significantly higher in animals of less than 4-months old (P < 0.05). High oocyst counts were mainly caused by non-pathogenic species. Poor hygienic conditions were found to be associated with a higher intensity of coccidial infections. Mortality rates in kids could not be related to the intensity of coccidial infections.