The prevalence of coccidiosis in domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus domesticus L.) in Tra Vinh province and the anticoccidiosis
The study “The prevalence of coccidiosis in domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus domesticus L.) in Tra Vinh province and the anticoccidiosis” was carried out of 2 locations: Tra Vinh city and Cang Long district, Tra Vinh province from 30 April 2020 to 30 January 2021. Besides that this study also support the basic scientific knowledge to the veterinarians and farmers about the prevalence of coccidiosis in rabbits and the efficacy of anticoccidial drugs that contribute the income enhancing for farmers. A total of 400 rabbit fecal were examined by salt floatation techniques of Willis, the research results showed that rabbits were infected with an average rate of 67.5%. Both two investigationally locations were infected oocysts, Tra Vinh city was 76.0% and Cang Long district was 59.0%. The prevalence of infection was decreased according to the age of rabbits, the highest was 30 - 60 days of age (89.0%) and the lowest was over 120 days of age (49.0%). The infected rate of rabbits in the farms with better veterinary hygiene was 34.0% lower than the farms with lower veterinary hygiene (98.0%). The normal rabbit fecal infected with 46.0% and liquid fecal infected Eimeria species with 89.0%. The hightest infection rate was in dry season (96.0%) and the lowest infection rate was in rainy season (39.0%). Rabbit in Tra Vinh infected with 5 kinds of oocysts including Eimeria media (46.8%), Eimeria magna (38.0%), Eimeria perforans (25.8%), Eimeria irressidua (23.0%) and Eimeria stiedae (13.0%). The Baycox 2.5% at the dosage of 10 mg/kg bodyweight and Via.Coccid at the dosage of 1 mg/5 kg bodyweight has been shown to be 100% highly effective in deworming after 6 and 10 days, respectively. There was safe medication with no side effects in both two drugs during the experimental period.
