Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
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Department of Animal Science, Injibara University, Injibara, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Economic Impacts of Coccidiosis on Productivity and Survivability of Chicken in Ethiopia
  Author(s): Abebe Melese Tirfie* and Melkam Worku Lulie
  
  One of the main diseases generating issues in the production of poultry is coccidiosis, which is caused by Eimeria species. Those causing hemorrhagic disease are E. brunetti, E. necatrix, and E. tenella which are considered as pathogenic and E. acervulina, E. mitis, E. maxima, and E. praecox causing malabsorptive disease. It is extensively dispersed wherever chickens are produced, whether it is in small-scale or intensive farming systems. As a result, the disease decreases the productivity and survivability of chickens. The current review thus sought to offer fundamental understanding of how coccidiosis affects the productivity and viability of chicken in Ethiopia from an economic standpoint. In all farms in Ethiopia, coccidiosis is blamed for both direct and indirect losses causes profit losses in large and small farms of 8.4% and 11.86%, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-446X.23.12.256

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