Pathological and anatomical study of cecal coccidiosis in broiler chickens

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Emeria tanella in broiler chicken in Al-Saniya city of Al-Diwaniyah governorate, 50 birds were taken from the broiler chicken, was transferred to the laboratory of parasites in the college of the science University of Al-Qadisiyah for the experimental infection parasitic and the observation of anatomical and histopathologicalogical changes on birds understudy, pathological study for broiler chicken were doing in the laboratory to investigate the histological changes caused by the parasite, while the anatomical study of the infected birds showed hypertrophy in two arteries with severe inflammation with congestion and swelling and congestion in blood, histopathological changes of ceca showed damage and necrosis in epithelial cell of ceca, and the fall of the epithelial layer cells within the cavity of the cecum with noting the presence of large numbers of different phases of the parasite.