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  • proper noun A taxonomic subclass within the class Conoidasida — various parasitic protozoa.

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Examples

  • Coccidia, another nonworm, is often hard to detect at all.

    250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You INGRID NEWKIRK 1998

  • Coccidia, another nonworm, is often hard to detect at all.

    250 Things You Can Do to Make Your Cat Adore You INGRID NEWKIRK 1998

  • From 1897 to 1900, I published either by myself or with the collaboration of Mesnil, a series of notes on the Sporozoa, properly so-called: Coccidia and Myxosporidia, of which I reported several new species, Sarcosporidia and

    Alphonse Laveran - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • It has now been definitely proved that the haematozoon of malaria has, like the Coccidia, two forms of reproduction: asexual, represented by the segmented bodies, and sexual, the flagellae being the male elements.

    Alphonse Laveran - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • The role of these flagellae was still not decided when the researches of Simond, Schaudinn and Siedlecki showed that analogous elements are found in the Coccidia and that they are male elements destined to fertilize the female elements.

    Alphonse Laveran - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • Coccidia are ubiquitous and unlikely to be destroyed in nature.

    CattleNetwork 2009

  • Coccidia are always present at low levels and there is no disinfectant that will destroy them in the environment, according to Dedrickson.

    CattleNetwork 2009

  • Coccidia can manifest itself in the stomach and intestines of puppies and older dogs that suffer from a compromised immune system.

    KING5.com - Animal News 2009

  • "Coccidia are more susceptible to drug treatment during the intermediate stage, so it is a good idea to treat the entire group if a clinical case has been identified."

    CattleNetwork 2009

  • OIG Hotline Complaint: "A puppy received with serious medical problems including parasites: Giardia, Threadworm, Roundworm and Coccidia.

    Mary Ann West: Ca-Ching: Puppy Mill Sales Continue to Ring 2010

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