Definition of Coccidiosis

1. Noun. (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia.

Category relationships: Veterinary Medicine
Generic synonyms: Infestation

Definition of Coccidiosis

1. Noun. The disease caused by coccidian infection. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coccidiosis

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Medical Definition of Coccidiosis

1. Protozoan infection found in animals and man. It is caused by several different genera of coccidia. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccidiosis

coccidia of sheep and goats
coccidia of swine
coccidia of turkeys
coccidial
coccidioidal
coccidioidal granuloma
coccidioides
coccidioidin
coccidioidin test
coccidioidoma
coccidioidomycoses
coccidioidomycosis
coccidioidomycotic
coccidiomycosis
coccidioses
coccidiosis (current term)
coccidiostat
coccidiostats
coccids
cocciferous
coccinella
coccinellin
cocco
coccobacillary
coccobacillus
coccobacteria
coccobacterium
coccoid
coccoidal

Literary usage of Coccidiosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"coccidiosis intestinalis cuniculi. Intestinal coccidiosis of rabbits caused by ... The symptoms are either identical with those of hepatic coccidiosis (see ..."

2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"He came to this conclusion because the presence of coccidiosis could be established each time when the Wassermann reaction was positive. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"We have now a report which is neither one thing nor the other; it is neither on coccidiosis nor on entero-hepatitis. When I first heard of entero-hepatitis ..."

4. Poultry Diseases and Their Treatment by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Maynie Rose Curtis, Frank Macy Surface (1911)
"Intestinal coccidiosis. In Circular 128 of the Bureau of Animal Industry, US Department of Agriculture, Dr. GB Morse published a preliminary account of some ..."

5. Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy: In Relation to the Infectious by Howard Taylor Ricketts (1908)
"coccidiosis. Mfe Coccidia are essentially cell parasites, preferring the epithelial cells of the intestines and liver, although they may be carried to other ..."

6. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, PT. 500-599, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Broiler chickens and replacement chickens where immunity to coccidiosis is not desired; prevention of coccidiosis; growth promotion and feed efficiency ..."

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