[Diarrhea, pup mortality and Cystoisospora species (coccidiosis)].

A review of coccidiosis in dogs is given on the basis of an autopsy of a puppy from a kennel in which other puppies had diarrhoea and stunted growth. Coccidiosis especially affects puppies from kennels and leads to poor growth, diarrhoea, and even death. Its occurrence is probably underestimated.