Common Protozoan Infections of Livestock and Their Diagnosis, Treatment and Sustainable Control

Veterinary Protozoology is one of the major sub-divisions of Veterinary Parasitology deals with study of various protozoa that affect domestic and wild animals. The word Protozoa originated from Greek mythology, Proto means First and Zoa means Animal. Majority of these unicellular animals live independently in their natural habitat seeking own food materials and utilizing free water and oxygen for their metabolism. However, the parasitic protozoa are dependent on their hosts for developmental stimuli, nutrition, digestive enzyme and control of maturation.