Control of Coccidiosis in Chickens

Abstract

The control of coccidiosis in chickens, including immunoprophylaxis, chemotherapy, and nutritional aspect, are reviewed. Coccidiosis, a disease of universal importance, necessitates the discovery of new approaches or an improvement of available methods aimed at controlling its spread. The exploration of other suitable methods to prolong the life of present anticoccidial drugs, and avoid emergence of resistant strains of coccidia while pharmaceutical manufactures are working to develop new products is highlighted. Vaccination against coccidiosis may be one of the available control measures and the combination of the trickle in-feed approach with oocysts of attenuated strain will provide a powerful potential vaccine, but it still needs to determine the routes of delivering vaccine acceptable in the field condition.