Prevalence of Coccidiosis in Free-Range Chicken in Sidi Thabet, Tunisia

Figure 1

(a) Infected ten-week-old broiler by E. maxima (note the petechiae through the wall of the middle intestine). (b) Cecal coccidiosis in eight-week-old pullet infected by E. tenella. The ceca are distended and the wall is thickened. The erosion of the mucosa results in the accumulation of huge amount of fibrin-necrotic material noted at the opening of the cecum.

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