The Coccidiosis disease is caused by intracellular protozoan parasites causing mainly diarrhea in piglets.It is also called Cryptosporidiosis
Coccidiosis is caused by small parasites that multiply inside the host cells, mainly from the digestive tract. There are three types: Eimeria, Isospora and Cryptosporidium.
The disease is frequent and is widely spread in piglets, although it can occasionally be seen in growing and finishing pigs, as well as in boars, at the time they are transported or when housed in infected barns that are continuously used.
We must suspect of coccidiosis if there is diarrhea in piglets from days 7 to 21 of age that do not respond very well to antibiotics.