1department of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram-796 014
2department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram-796 014
3Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram-796 014
*Corresponding author: email: tridibraj09@gmail.com
Clinical, gross and histopathological studies were conducted to investigate mortality in Giriraja chicken from a small poultry farm in the Aizawl district, Mizoram. Clinically, the affected birds of 5 - 6 weeks age showed loss of appetite, unthriftiness and bloody diarrhoea with mucus. Necropsy examination revealed anaemic pale musculature, distended small intestine and petechial haemorrhages in small intestine, at a few places of the large intestine. Necropsy of one bird showed intussusception of the ileum. Histopathological examination showed severe haemorrhagic enteritis with necrosis and disintegration of glandular epithelial cells. Several schizonts were visible in the epithelial cells along with merozoites and infiltrating heterophils and eosinophils. Mucosal scraping examination showed numerous oocyst of Eimeria spp.
Coccidiosis, Eimeria necatrix, Giriraja, Intussusceptions
