Table 1.
The relative pathogenicity and occurrence (number and ranking) of Eimeria species detected on poultry farms sampled in northern and southern India. na = not applicable. Rankings 1–7 indicates most to least common.
| Eimeria species | Pathogenicity group | North (n = 107) |
South (n = 133) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive (%) | Rank | No. positive (%) | Rank | ||
| Any Eimeria species | – | 85(79.4) | na | 101(76.0) | na |
| Eimeria necatrix | Very high | 46 (43.0) | 4 | 20 (14.9) | 3 |
| Eimeria brunetti | High | 4 (3.7) | 7 | 1 (0.7) | 6 |
| Eimeria tenella | High | 72 (67.3) | 1 | 77 (57.5) | 1 |
| Eimeria acervulina | Medium | 49 (45.8) | 3 | 17 (12.7) | 4 |
| Eimeria maxima | Medium | 30 (28.0) | 6 | 12 (9.0) | 5 |
| Eimeria mitis | Low | 63 (58.9) | 2 | 40 (29.9) | 2 |
| Eimeria praecox | Low | 35 (32.7) | 5 | 0 (0.0) | 7 |