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Abstract
Coccidiosis is an old parasitic disease, prevalent all over the country and has a significant impact on
poultry production. In this paper, economic loss to poultry industry has been estimated considering the
major economic parameters. The estimation has revealed that commercial broiler industry is a major sufferer
due to coccidiosis wherein 95.61 per cent of the total economic loss occurs due to the disease. The
commercial layer industry shares 3.53 per cent economic loss, mainly due to cost of chemoprophylaxis and
reduced egg production. A comparison across economic traits has revealed that loss is maximum due to
reduced body weight gain, followed by increased FCR (23.74%) and chemoprophylaxis (2.83%) in the total
loss due to coccidiosis in broiler industry of India. The overall comparison of economic traits for all the
types of poultry sector it has shown that reduced body wt gain and increased FCR are the major parameters
from which 68.08 per cent and 22.70 per cent annual loss has occurred in the total loss from coccidiosis in
India during the year 2003-04. The total loss due to coccidiosis has been found to be of Rs 1.14 billion
(approx) for the year 2003-04. The study has observed that generation of this data across different
geographical regions will be helpful to conclude about the global economic loss due to coccidiosis in the poultry industry.