Coccidiosis in Livestock Poultry Companion Animals and Humans

Coccidiosis is one of the most important diseases of livestock particularly poultry with billions of dollars spent on prevention worldwide. The disease is so important and pervasive that until recently all poultry feed was medicated with coccidiostats mainly antibiotics. With the rapid development of drug resistance the search is on for alternative methods of control of coccidiosis in poultry. With chapters authored by internationally renowned scientists this book covers coccidiosis in all major livestock species including cattle sheep and goats. Special emphasis is given to poultry coccidiosis given the significant economic impact and another chapter looks at intestinal coccidiosis in humans including Cyclospora. Chapters discuss techniques molecular biology host-pathogen immunobiology and immunoprophylaxis genetics and genomics biology and chemotherapy.Despite an explosion of research in the last 40 years there has been no new book published discussing conventional coccidiosis for more than 25 years. This comprehensive review therefore answers an urgent need for a book dealing exclusively with conventional coccidia (Cystoisospora Cyclospora). It provides concise authoritative up-to-date information on coccidiosis with particular attention given to research in the last 28 years.This book is essential reading for any practitioner or researcher involved in livestock production including biologists veterinarians parasitologists and researchers from government academia and industry.