Anne Zajac, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia - Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, does research on gastrointestinal
parasites found in small ruminants such
as sheep and
goats.
Coccidia are a group of protozoan
parasites that are extremely common and which infect a wide number of animal species, including dogs, cats, horses, cattle,
goats, sheep and chickens — and many other species of animals,
as well.