| 释义 |
coccidiosis|ˌkɒksɪdɪˈəʊsɪs|
[f. coccidium 2 + -osis.]
A disease of birds and mammals caused by the presence of coccidia.
1892G. Fleming tr. Neumann's Parasites & Dis. Dom. Animals ii. iii. 411 Intestinal coccidiosis in calves..manifested itself as a fœtid diarrhæa, accompanied by slight fever and catarrhal phenomena in the upper air passages. 1930Times 17 Mar. 18/3 Coccidiosis, bacillary white diarrhœa, and other chicken diseases. 1945‘G. Orwell’ Animal Farm 53 Nine hens had died..and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 9 Feb. 123/1 Under natural conditions coccidiosis is rarely harmful, and the disease is not listed among the common causes of death in wild birds in the U.K. (grouse are a possible exception). 1962[see next]. |