Preliminary coproscopic examination of ornamental birds in Alexandria Province, Egypt

Abstract

Recently, the attention for ornamental birds has increased significantly. This in turn has been reflected in the growth of their trade, and has become a good source of cash income for owners and traders on a small scale. However, there was no attention for studying the parasites that infecting these categories of birds. The current study aims to study the parasites infecting the ornamental birds particularly, the gastrointestinal parasites that infecting these birds. Since 100 fresh fecal samples of 10 species of birds were collected during period from April to September 2016 from pet-shops at Alexandria Province, Egypt. The current study revealed that, the overall incidence of gastrointestinal parasites was 31% and the infestation was concentrated only in 8 species where cockatiel spp recorded the highest incidence (64.7%) followed by Hamam hazaz (50%) then Fisher rose (44.44%), Zebra spp (40 %), Australly (35 %) finally, 20 % was for Gawa spp. Whereas Redram pet, Canary and Badgy recorded no infestation rate at all. The infestation was restricted in three groups of endoparasites (Protozoa are represented in Eimeria, Trematodes are represented in Echinostoma and Nematodes are represented in Ascaridia and Contracaecum spp).

A survey of parasitic infections in Psittaciformes and Passeriformes in Mashhad, Iran

“…Heterakoidea eggs and Eimeria infections are low among ornamental birds in Mashhad, which is in contrast to global trends about free‐ranging birds (Bernardi et al., 2014; Dewir & Elshanat, 2017; Neiva & Martins, 2021) due to their caged condition. On the other hand, the occurrence of Dermanyssus mites in canaries corresponds to international patterns (Circella et al., 2011; Waap et al., 2017; Yildiz & Onur, 2023).…”

“…Despite the widespread prevalence of parasitic outbreaks in avian populations, most research has been conducted on a limited number of ornamental species (Dewir & Elshanat, 2017 ; Valkiūnas et al., 2017 ). The Psittaciformes and Passeriformes are rarely studied in Iran (Salavati et al., 2023 ), especially in Mashhad.…”

“…Despite the widespread prevalence of parasitic outbreaks in avian populations, most research has been conducted on a limited number of ornamental species (Dewir & Elshanat, 2017;Valki ūnas et al, 2017).…”