Coccidia in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Saudi Arabia

Kasim A. A. and Al-Shawa Y. R. 1987. Coccidia in rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) in Saudi Arabia. International Journal for Parasitology 17 : 941–944. Seven species of coccidia were identified and described for the first time in Saudi Arabia in 263 faecal samples of domestic rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ). A total of 73% of the specimens were positive, most of them contained 1000–10,000 oocysts per gram. Mixed infections with three Eimeria species were common. Eimeria perforans and E. media occurred most frequently, E. magna, E. coecicola and E. irresidua were less common and E. flavescens and E. intestinalis were relatively rare.