Original Article |
| |
AJVS. 2019; 61(1): 195-199 Prevalence of Internal Parasites in Baladi Chickens at The Middle Region of the Nile Delta, EgyptElsayed Mostafa Galila,Nagwa Mohammed Elhawary,Eman Kamal Bazh. Abstract | | | | A total of 630 Baladi chickens were collected from different poultry markets at middle delta, Egypt to screen the presence of intestinal parasites over a period of one year from February 2018 to January 2019. Seventy-eight examined chickens (18.13%) were infected with helminths species and sixty-three (31.5%) were infected with protozoa. The seasonal prevalence of the infection was studied, and the highest rate was during autumn (27.58%) in helminths infection while the highest rate was recorded during winter (34.8%) in protozoa infection and the lowest rate was during summer (11.83 and 27.4 %) in helminths and protozoa respectively.
Key words: Baladi chicken- prevalence- Helminths- nematodes- cestodes- protozoa.
|
|
|
|