Practical class 6 - Poultry Coccidiosis
Learning outcomes
After this class I expect you to be able to:
1. Describe the principal ante and post mortem signs of poultry coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella infection
2. Describe how you would confirm a suspected case of fatal coccidiosis in poultry.
3. Recognise and describe the gross pathological changes characteristic of caecal coccidiosis in poultry.
4. Identify and distinguish between schizont, merozoite and oocysts stages of Eimeria in stained gut smear-preparations from poultry.
5. Identify and distinguish between schizont and merozoite stages of Eimeria in stained tissue sections from poultry.
6. Recognise and distinguish between the sporulated and unpopulated form of oocysts of Eimeria tenella