Prevalence and distribution of gastro-intestinal helminths and haemoparasites in young scavenging chickens in upper eastern region of Ghana, West Africa
| Autor: | Lawrence Yelifari, Anders Permin, Paul Bloch, Ole Hindsbo, Johanne Poulsen, Peter Nansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Veterinary medicine Gastrointestinal Diseases Capillaria Gongylonema ingluvicola Biology biology.organism_classification Ghana Raillietina tetragona Raillietina cesticillus Cross-Sectional Studies Food Animals Heterakis gallinarum parasitic diseases Prevalence Helminths Animals Animal Science and Zoology Ascaridia galli Female Helminthiasis Animal Chickens Plasmodium juxtanucleare Poultry Diseases |
| Zdroj: | Preventive veterinary medicine. 45(3-4) |
| ISSN: | 0167-5877 |
| Popis: | We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and species of gastro-intestinal helminths and haemoparasites in 100 chickens kept under extensive management systems in Ghana, West Africa. All the examined chickens (100%) were infected with gastro-intestinal helminths; a total of 18 species were detected. The species and their prevalences were: Acuaria hamulosa (25%), Allodapa suctoria (20%), Ascaridia galli (24%), Capillaria spp. (60%), Choanotaenia infundibulum (13%), Gongylonema ingluvicola (62%), Heterakis gallinarum (31%), H. isolonche (16%), Hymenolepis spp. (66%), Raillietina cesticillus (12%), R. echinobothrida (81%), R. tetragona (59%), Strongyloides avium (2%), Subulura strongylina (10%), Tetrameres fissispina (58%), Trichostronygylus tenuis (2%), and finally one unidentified acanthocephalan (1%) and one unidentified trematode (1%). Thirty-five per cent of the chickens were infected with the haemoparasites Aegyptinella pullorum and Plasmodium juxtanucleare (prevalences 9% and 27%, respectively). Association between chicken sex and prevalences was not significant. An over-dispersed distribution was seen for most of the helminth species. |
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