Extracted From: A Pocket Guide to Poultry Health and Disease By Paul McMullin © 2004 Click Here to Order Your Copy

Introduction

A disease of geese caused by Eimeria truncata that can cause high mortality in geese of 3-12 weeks of age, it can also infect Barbary ducks and swans.

Signs

• Depression.
• Weakness.
• Diarrhoea - faeces tend to be whitish.
• Reduced feed intake.

Post-mortem lesions

• Enlarged kidneys.
• Kidneys light grey to greyish pink.
• Tiny white foci and petechiae in the kidneys.

Diagnosis

Lesions, presence of coccidial stages in fresh scrapings of kidney lesions.

Treatment

Controlled trials of treatments have not been published.

Prevention

Good Hygiene.