Study of Coccidiosis in Quial in Khartoum State-Sudan

Abstract

This investigation was made to determine the coccidial infection in Quails reared on different farms in Khartoum state. In this study 100 samples of Quails were processed by clinical , postmortem and microscopic examination during period from February to may 2017 . Samples were collected from three farms in Khartoum state . Results revealed that 20 samples of Quails were positive . High infection was found in females and young birds . The higher infection rate and intensity Was recorded in small intestine , Microscopic examination showed presence of three type of Eimeria ( E.tsunodai, E.uzura , E.bateri). Clinical examination showed raffled feather , diarrhea , macroscopic lesion of infected birds revealed hemorrhage in intestinal mucosa , gases in ceacal tonsils , enlarge and congested duodenum .