Prevalence and burden of gastrointestinal helminthes among grey-breasted helmet guinea fowls (Numida meleagris galeata) encountered in Gombe state, Nigeria
| Autor: | Tasiu Mallam Hamisu, Jallailudeen Rabana Lawal, Saleh Mohammed Jajere, Mohammed Dauda Goni, Naphtali Nayamanda Atsanda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Veterinary medicine
lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary biology 040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine Gongylonema ingluvicola 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Raillietina tetragona 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Heterakis Raillietina cesticillus 0302 clinical medicine Raillietina Heterakis gallinarum lcsh:SF600-1100 Raillietina echinobothrida Ascaridia galli |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 73-79 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2314-4599 |
| Popis: | This cross sectional survey was conducted from July to December 2015 in order to investigate the burden of gastrointestinal helminthes among guinea fowls in Gombe, Northeastern Nigeria. A total of six hundred fowls (viscera) were purchased from six randomly selected slaughter slabs. Out of the 600 birds examined, 479 (79.83%; 95% CI: 76.4, 82.9) were found harbouring one or more gastrointestinal helminthes. Of this, 238 birds (39.7%; 35.8, 43.6) were infected by nematode species and 392 birds (65.3%; 61.4, 69.0) by cestode species. A total of nine nematodes and seven cestodes species were recovered from these birds. There was no any trematode observed among the studied birds. The prevalences of the nematodes identified in descending order were: Ascaridia galli 56.7% (52.7, 60.6); Ascaridia numidae 38.0% (34.2, 42.0); Heterakis gallinarum 17.2% (14.4, 20.4); Heterakis meleagridis 8.3% (6.4, 10.8); Strongyloides avium 3.5% (2.3, 5.3); Subulura brumpti 3.2% (2.0, 5.0); Gongylonema ingluvicola 2.2% (1.3, 3.7) and both Dispharynx spiralis and Tetrameres numidae had 0.7% (0.3, 1.7). While for cestodes: Raillietina tetragona 72.8% (69.1, 76.2); Raillietina echinobothrida 67.3% (63.5, 71.0); Raillietina cesticillus 50% (46.0, 54.0); Raillietina magninumida 25.7% (22.3, 29.3); Hymenolopsis cantaniana 17.3% (14.5, 20.6); Davainea nana 4.2% (2.8, 6.1) and the lowest was observed in Choanotaenia infundibulum with 2% (1.2, 3.5). Infection rates did not differ significantly based on sex (P > 0.05). However, the occurrence of mixed infection as compared with single infection was statistically significant in both cestodes and nematodes (P |
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