A Study of Scavenging Poultry Gastrointestinal and Ecto-parasites in Rural Areas of Matebeleland Province, Zimbabwe

Dube, Simiso; Zindi, P.; Mbanga, Joshua; Dubé, Caroline

doi:10.3923/ijps.2010.911.915

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“…Significant (p = 0.001) relationship between the seasonality and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was observed (v2 = 17.46, df = 2) rainy season being more favorable for the prevalence of parasites. The results are in accordance with the findings of (Dube et al 2010) who reported wide distribution of nematode and cestode species in poultry in rural area of Zimbabwe during rainy season. Helminths and coccidia were reported to be significantly higher during the wet season than during the dry season in a selected semi-arid zone of Eastern Kenya (Mungube et al 2008).…”

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“…Helminths and coccidia were reported to be significantly higher during the wet season than during the dry season in a selected semi-arid zone of Eastern Kenya (Mungube et al 2008). The environmental conditions of the study region are hot and humid that is favorable for development and survival of pre parasitic stages of parasites and for insects, act as vectors for helminthes leading to increased availability of infective stages for backyard poultry (Dube et al 2010) especially during the process of searching the feed. Contrary, Hange et al (2007) reported highest incidence of helminth infection in winter season (66.67 %) compared to summer (58.23 %) and rainy seasons (63.07 %).…”

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“…eggs and meat fetches a much higher price than that from commercial poultry. Parasitism inflict heavy economic losses to poultry industry particularly of free range chicken in rural house hold in the form of anorexia, retarded growth, reduced weight gain, decreased egg production, diarrhoea, intestinal obstruction, morbidity and mortality (Anwar et al 1991;Shah et al 1999;Dube et al 2010;Katoch et al 2012). Parasitism has resulted 17 % reduction of weight gain in growing chicken and 12.5 % reduction in egg production in laying hens in Bangladesh (Bhowmik et al 1982).…”

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Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in and around Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

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A study was carried out to know the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl in and nearby villages of Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh for a period of 1 year. Screening of 492 samples comprising faecal samples and gastrointestinal tracts from freshly slaughtered desi birds at local poultry shops and samples from post mortem examinations at NTR College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram revealed 63.21 % of gastrointestinal parasites. Faecal samples were examined by floatation technique using salt solution and samples positive for coccidian oocysts were sporulated in 2.5 % potassium dichromate solution for species identification. Adult worms were identified after routine processing and mounting. The species identified includes Davainea proglottina, Raillietina cesticillus and Raillietina echinobothrida in cestodes (32.47 %), Ascaridia galli, Capillaria annulata, Heterakis gallinarum in nematodes (39.87 %), Eimeria tenella, Eimeria acervulina and Eimeria necatrix in Eimeria spp. (39.87 %). Ascaridia galli and R. cesticillus and A. galli and Eimeria spp. were common in mixed infection (12.86 %). Ascaridia galli was the more prevalent species. No trematode parasite was identified during the study period. Significant (p = 0.001) relationship between the seasonality and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was observed (v2 = 17.46, df = 2). Data revealed high prevalence in rainy season (43.41 %) followed by summer (38.91 %) and winter (17.68 %) seasons for all parasites except for A. galli and C. annulata infections which were higher in summer season. Results indicated high prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl in study area emphasizing the need of improved management practices of backyard poultry.

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Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in and around Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

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“…are probably the most frequently occurring helminths in FRCs (Table 6). Similar results have been described in FRCs from other regions of Brazil (VIERO, 1984;GOMES et al, 2009), as well as from other countries such as Iran (ESLAMI et al, 2009), Bangladesh (RABBI et al, 2006, Zimbabwe (DUBE et al, 2010), and Ethiopia (ESHETU et al, 2001). These findings suggest that H. gallinarum and A. galli are probably the principal intestinal helminths of FRCs worldwide, represent an ongoing problem, and contribute to the elevated rates of mortality in FRCs (GOMES et al, 2009).…”

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“…Reports of gastrointestinal parasites in FRCs have originated predominantly from the African (SSENYONGA, 1982;ESHETU et al, 2001;MAGWISHA et al, 2002;LUKA;NDAMS, 2007;YORIYO et al, 2008;DUBE et al, 2010), Asian (RABBI et al, 2006;ESLAMI et al, 2009;RAHMAN et al, 2009), andAmerican (MACHADO et al, 1980;REIS et al, 1980;VIERO, 1984;COSTA et al, 1986;OLIVARES et al, 2006) continents. However, most of these have only described the occurrence/ frequency of helminths in FRCs.…”

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The effects of managerial systems on helminth infection in freerange chickens from northern Paraná, Brazil

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Yamamura

Freire

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The effects of managerial systems on the occurrence of gastrointestinal helminths in Free-Range Chickens (FRCs) from northern Paraná, Brazil were investigated. The most predominant (23.3%; 61/262) cestode observed was Raillietina cesticillus; Heterakis gallinarum (71.4%; 187/262) and Ascaridia galli (45%; 118/262) were the predominant nematodes; Postharmostomum commutatum was the only trematode observed in 2.7% (7/262) of FRCs. The most elevated parasitic burdens were associated with Heterakis gallinarum, Ascaridia galli, and Raillietina cesticillus. Significant (p ≤ 0.05) associations were observed when the effects of the types of bedding, soil type, and fence restriction of FRCs were considered relative to the possibility of helminthiasis.

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Morphological characterization of nematodes of the genera Capillaria, Acuaria, Amidostomum, Streptocara, Heterakis, and Ascaridia isolated from intestine and gizzard of domestic birds from different regions of the temperate Kashmir valley

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During a random survey of parasitisation of poultry birds of Kashmir, conducted for 3 years more than 300 poultry birds were randomly collected from different parts of the Kashmir valley and were examined for the helminth parasites. The most dominant group of parasites which was parasitizing the poultry birds was found to be the Cestode, whose prevalence in the infected birds was 76.9 %. Nematodes were found to be the second dominant group of parasites after cestodes with the prevalence of 70 %. Among the different species of nematodes Heterakis gallinae were found infecting almost all the birds autopsied. The highest intensity of H. gallinae might be because of the fact that it requires cockroaches, beetles and grasshoppers as intermediate hosts in addition of having a direct life cycle. Nematodes which were recovered from the intestine and gizzard of the birds belong to the genera Capillaria, Acuaria, Amidostomum, Streptocara, Heterakis, and Ascaridia.

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A Study of Scavenging Poultry Gastrointestinal and Ecto-parasites in Rural Areas of Matebeleland Province, Zimbabwe

Cited by 29 publications

References 8 publications

Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in and around Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in and around Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh

The effects of managerial systems on helminth infection in freerange chickens from northern Paraná, Brazil

Morphological characterization of nematodes of the genera Capillaria, Acuaria, Amidostomum, Streptocara, Heterakis, and Ascaridia isolated from intestine and gizzard of domestic birds from different regions of the temperate Kashmir valley

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