Prevalence and distribution of gastro-intestinal helminths and haemoparasites in young scavenging chickens in upper eastern region of Ghana, West Africa

Poulsen, Johanne; Permin, A.; Hindsbo, O.; Yelifari, Lawrence; Nansen, P.; Bloch, Paul

doi:10.1016/s0167-5877(00)00125-2

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“…We found no significant difference in prevalence of parasitic infection in terms of sex of the host, and this results corresponds well with the findings of (Hassouni and Belghyti 2006;Poulsen et al 2000) who also documented similar prevalence of helminth infection irrespective of the sex.…”

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“…However, reduce weight gain, and pathological lesions such as congestion and haemorrhagic enteritis of the small intestine, nodules in the caecum as well as desquamation of the caecal epithelium were observed in the experimentally infected chickens (Choudury and Das 1993). In Bangladesh increased prevalence of this parasite was reported by (Rabbi et al 2006), this parasite was also found in 50 % of the free range chickens in Italy and 31 % in rural scavenging chickens in Ghana (Poulsen et al 2000;Roberto and Eloi 2008). Infection of both A. galli and H. gallinarum normally takes place when the chicken ingests the infective eggs of the parasite through contaminated water or feed.…”

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Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in free range chickens in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh

Ferdushy

Hasan

Kadir³

2014

J Parasit Dis

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Rural poultry production in Bangladesh is mainly based on the free range or backyard poultry production system. This backyard poultry plays a vital tool for poverty alleviation as well as for empowerment of poor women of this country. However, this production system has disadvantage of susceptibility to many diseases including higher burden of parasitic infection. Therefore this cross sectional epidemiological investigation was done to determine the prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal helminths in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh. To conduct this study a total of 150 chickens from three different villages of Narsingdi district, Bangladesh (50 chickens per village) were collected by random sampling method and killed by cervical disarticulation. Thereafter, all the chickens were necropsied and gastrointestinal tracts were examined macroscopically for the presence helminth infection. In total two nematode (Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum,) and one cestode (Raillietina spp.) were identified by post mortem examination. Raillietina spp. was detected as the most prevalent helminth species (86-92 %) followed by A. galli (70-86 %), and H. gallinarum (70-76 %) in studied villages. In some chickens petechial hemorrhage were observed in the small intestinal wall which was associated with the A. galli infection and for some birds white tiny nodules were detected in case of H. gallinarum infection. No significant difference in parasite prevalence was observed between male and female bird as well as among three studied villages (P [ 0.05). We observed that most of chickens were infected with more than one species of parasites. This finding suggests that the poultry production system in rural areas of Bangladesh and the environmental conditions are very favourable for the transmission and persistence of the parasite species in rural areas of Bangladesh.

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Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in free range chickens in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh

Ferdushy

Hasan

Kadir³

2014

J Parasit Dis

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“…However, higher prevalences of H. isolonche have been reported in other birds, such as the bowhite quail (Colinus virginianus), and the lesser prairie chicken (Tympanucus pallidicinctus) in the US , Moore et al 1986, and scavenging chickens in Africa (Permin et al 1997, Poulsen et al 2000, but with rather lower values than those observed for H. gallinarum when present.…”

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Nodular typhlitis associated with the nematodes Heterakis gallinarum and Heterakis isolonche in pheasants: frequency and pathology with evidence of neoplasia

Menezes

Tortelly

Gomes

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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…Whereas some other studies (Kurt and Acici. 2008); (Phiri et al, 2007); (Eshetu et al, 2001) and (Poulsen et al, 2000) reported higher incidence rate of (88%), (95.2%), (91.01%), (100%) respectively. The variation in infestation may be due to difference in management and climate conditions which was confirmed from the studies of Sascnyanga, (1982) who studied 49% A. galli infestation in birds kept under ordinary condition while 8% A. galli infestation in birds kept under good conditions.…”

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A Study of Gastro-Intestinal Helminths in Native Peafowl and Comparative Efficacy of Albendazol and Pyrantel Pamoate against the Helminth Parasites

Basit¹

2014

J. Inf. Mol. Biol.

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The study was conducted to determine the infection rate of helminths in peafowls and to evaluate the comparative efficacy of two broad spectrum anthelmintics. For this purpose, fecal samples of 87 different breeds of peafowls were collected and tested for the presence of helminths. Fecal samples were examined by direct smear and centrifugal floatation methods for qualitative examination. For quantitative examination McMaster Egg Counting Technique was used. We found that 56.32% (49 out of 87) peafowls were positive for gastrointestinal helminths. Single or mixed infection of Heterakis gallinae, Ascaridia galli, Davainea proglottina, Capillaria columbae and Acuaria spiralis was present with their individual percentage was 36.73%, 26.53%, 6.12%, 18.37% and 12.24%, respectively. Out of these 49 birds 48 positive birds were divided in 3 groups A, B and C, each comprising of 16 birds. The uninfected and untreated birds were kept in group D. Chemotherapeutic trials were conducted to the birds of group A and B. While group C served as positive control and group D served as negative control for chemotherapeutic trials. Group A was treated with Albendazole 0.1ml/kg body weight and group B was treated with Pyrantel pamoate (0.1 mL /kg body weight). We found that Albendazole is more effective against gastrointestinal helminths having 94.92% efficacy as compare to Pyrantel pamoate which showed 78.34% efficacy on 10 th day of drug treatment. All copyrights reserved to Nexus® academic publishers

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Prevalence and distribution of gastro-intestinal helminths and haemoparasites in young scavenging chickens in upper eastern region of Ghana, West Africa

Cited by 83 publications

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Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in free range chickens in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh

Cross sectional epidemiological investigation on the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in free range chickens in Narsingdi district, Bangladesh

Nodular typhlitis associated with the nematodes Heterakis gallinarum and Heterakis isolonche in pheasants: frequency and pathology with evidence of neoplasia

A Study of Gastro-Intestinal Helminths in Native Peafowl and Comparative Efficacy of Albendazol and Pyrantel Pamoate against the Helminth Parasites

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