Some remarks on the prevalence and species composition of hare coccidia

In the period between autumn 1983 and winter 1985, 33 digestive tracts and 317 coprological samples of hares were examined. The prevalence of individual coccidian species was reported on the basis of the examination of both the digestive tracts and coprological samples. The following coccidian species were found: Eimeria babatica (with 26.4% prevalence in the season 1983/1984 and 31.1% in 1984/1985), E. europaea (21.2% and 30.3%), E. hungarica (6.5% and 7.6%), E. leporis (24.2% and 45.4%), E. macrosculpta (1.3% and 2.5%), E. robertsoni (36.8% and 29.4%), E. sculpta (6.9% and 13.4%), E. semisculpta (15.6% and 10.0%), and E. townsendi (67.1% and 74.8%), respectively. The species E. babatica, E. macrosculpta, and E. sculpta were recorded in Czechoslovakia for the first time. The oocyst morphology and location of coccidia in the digestive tracts of hares were studied.