Biomaterial Database

Coccidiosis in sheep and goats. 1987

W J Foreyt

Coccidiosis is one of the most important diseases of sheep and goats in the United States because of its effect of productivity, especially in the growing of lambs and kids. Control of coccidiosis is dependent on management techniques to reduce overcrowding, fecal contamination and stress, and on proper use of effective coccidiostats, such as lasalocid and decoquinate, to prevent clinical disease. The sheep and goat industries need two unrelated effective coccidiostats approved for use in these species.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003048	Coccidiosis	Protozoan infection found in animals and man. It is caused by several different genera of COCCIDIA.	Besnoitiasis,Besnoitiosis,Besnoitiases,Besnoitioses,Coccidioses
D006041	Goats	Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP.	Capra,Capras,Goat
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012756	Sheep	Any of the ruminant mammals with curved horns in the genus Ovis, family Bovidae. They possess lachrymal grooves and interdigital glands, which are absent in GOATS.	Ovis,Sheep, Dall,Dall Sheep,Ovis dalli
D012757	Sheep Diseases	Diseases of domestic and mountain sheep of the genus Ovis.	Ovine Diseases,Disease, Ovine,Disease, Sheep,Diseases, Ovine,Diseases, Sheep,Ovine Disease,Sheep Disease