Published in Scientific Works. C Series. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LVIII ISSUE 4
Written by Bogdan Băcescu, Tănase Petruţ
The study was conducted on a total of 117 White New Zeeland breed rabbits, which were identified by feces examination with varying degrees of infestations with Eimeria sp., Eimeriosis hepatic lesions being identified in 20 of them. Specific lesions were hepatic hypertrophy with presence of necrotic miliary nodular centres, vesicular looking angiocolitis, apostematous hepatitis and cirrhosis. Histopathological examination pursued in particular the consequences of sexual ongoing phase. Biliary ducts were dilated with hyperplastic epithelial reaction and the formation of papillary reactions with the presence of asexual and sexual stages of development.
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