Prevalence Studies on Gastrointestinal Parasites in Poultry of District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand
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Authors
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Mukesh Yadav
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Vidya Sagar Singh
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Munish Batra
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Jyoti Palod
Keywords:
Poultry, Gastrointestinal Parasites, PrevalenceAbstract
A study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in backyard and commercial poultry in Uttarakhand over one year, from June 2018 to May 2019. A total of 3,335 samples from commercial chickens were collected randomly from eight tehsils of the district Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The samples were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. Eight different gastrointestinal parasite eggs and oocytes were identified. Of these, four were nematodes (A. galli, H. gallinarum, Capillaria sp., and Trichostrongylus sp,), and three were cestodes (Raillietina sp., Cotugnia sp. and Hymenolepis sp.). Eimeria sp. was also found. Prevalence of different gastrointestinal helminths was higher in backyard poultry (60.44%), compared to commercial poultry (18.25%), while prevalence of Eimeria sp. was higher in commercial poultry (62.02%) than in backyard poultry (33.62%). There was a higher prevalence of nematodes (24.46%). The prevalence of helminths and Eimeria sp. was higher during the rainy season.
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