Results of Blood Transfusions from Donor Rabbits Infected with Eimeria stiedai to Recipient Coccidia-free Rabbits*

Blood, withdrawn by heart puncture, from donor rabbits infected with Eimeria stiedai, was transfused by heart puncture, to uninfected recipient rabbits. Fifty-nine of 76 young coccidia-free recipients, given heparinized whole blood, erythrocytes or leucocytes from donors orally inoculated up to 27 days earlier, developed E. stiedai infections.