Prevalence of Coccidia in Backyard Poultry Chicken (Desi) from Khultabad Tehsil of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (MH)

Chicken coccidiosis is most dangerous problem in every Organized and Unorganized poultry farms and due to the coccidiosis disease major economic loss of poultry Keepers. Eimerian species is belongs to phylum Apicomplexa causes great infectious to chicken of various ages. Various species viz. E. acervulina, E.brunetti, E. maxima, E. mitis, E. necatrix, E. praecox And E. tenella of Eimeria causes coccidiosis in chicken. The present inspection undertaken to knows the status of coccidiosis from Jun-2023 to Sep-2023. 232 samples of dropping were collected of different indigenous chicken from different species reared in farm. Total 232samples were collected for examination. From 23 villages of KHULTABAD Tahsil of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district. Out of 232 samples 164 are positive for coccidial infection, the percentage prevalence being 70.68% was done