coccidium
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of coccidium
< New Latin Coccidium, originally a genus name; see coccus, -idium
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Dr. Buchholz found that males with longer snoods had fewer coccidia parasites, which don’t harm adults but can sicken or kill chicks, and possess genes that may make them resistant to coccidia.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
The rest is sent to labs at Colorado State University and Texas A&M;, where scientists look for everything from E. coli to worms to a parasite called coccidia.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
The work is complicated because, for one thing, even healthy mountain goats have E. coli and coccidia, so that doesn’t explain why kids are dying, Fox said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
That coccidia are not always killed by exposure to the sun is shown by their survival on the sites of old chicken yards.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Usually the condition is only noted post-mortem, when the liver is found to be studded with numerous cascating tubercles, which on examination prove to be cystic areas crowded with coccidia.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
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