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Coccidiosis

Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease that occurs when a

microscopic parasitic organism (called a protozoa) attaches

itself to the intestinal lining of a chicken

Signs

 Blood stained droppings/diarrhoea

 Ruffled feathers

 Dullness and dropping of wings

 loss of appetite

 loss of yellow color in shanks

 pale combs and wattles

 unthrifty feathers

 huddling or acting chilled