Coccidiosis

The coccidios are parasitic protozoos common in dogs and cats, specially in puppies and kittens, generally is related it to new born the massive ingestion of ooquistes in and it is associated with hacinamiento, condicones unhealthy, stress elevated in places like deposits, refuges, hospitals, gateríos, etc.
The predisponentes factors are: concurrent disease, undernourishment and inmunosupresión.

The eggs evacuated in lees of the infected animal become infectious for other animals within 1 to 7 days, depending of the temperature.

The most common symptoms include diarrea, abdominal pain, dehydration, and loss of weight and appetite.
Nevertheless, the coccidios can appear without symptoms, this has taken to some investigators to think that the different types from coccidiosis vary in their ability to cause disease or that the interaction between the infectious coccidios and other agents is important in the development of the symptoms.

The veterinary diagnosis takes place examining lees, using he himself method used for the detection of áscaris and hookworm.

Specific medicines exist that they control to the coccidiosis but the general health of the animal and the function of the immunological system are very important.

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