author(s)
Rupesh Verma, Giridhari Das, Rupanjali Saiyam and Siddhant Bendigeri

abstract
A total of three cases, around two month old non-descript calves, were brought to Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, Jabalpur in the month of January and February 2018 with a history of inappetence and bloody diarrhoea for last 2-3 days. On clinical examination, calves were found rough hair coat, dehydration, weakness, dry muzzle, pale mucous membrane, low body temperature and blood mixed faeces attached to the perineum regions. Samples were collected per rectum and brought to the Department of Veterinary Parasitology and processed for standard qualitative and quantitative examination. Parasitological examination of the faecal sample revealed the presence of coccidian oocysts and after sporulation, a total five Eimeria species were identified. Eimeria zuernii was found to be the most predominant species followed by Eimeria pellita like, Eimeria subspherica, Eimeria alabamensis and Eimeria bovis. The affected calves were treated with Biotrim @ 3-4 ml IV and supportive medication for 3 days. Animal recovered after 3 days post-treatment and further faecal sample examined revealed no evidence of oocysts. Base on literature and our knowledge, species-wise identification of Eimeria in cattle have been recorded for the first time in Madhya Pradesh.