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Ascaridia
About: Ascaridia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 227 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2767 citations.
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TL;DR: It is concluded that the vast majority of hens are subclinically infected with at least one helminth species and it is essential to adopt alternative control strategies in order to lower infection risk in organic production systems which are gaining popularity.
131 citations
TL;DR: Generally, there was a significantly higher helminth infestation relative to the ectoparasites, high prevalence of mixed infections and absence of tick infestation, which could be big constraint to production in the study area.
Abstract: A study was carried out to identify and estimate the prevalence of ecto- and endoparasites of village chicken between April and July 2008 in three local councils of Enugu state, Nigeria. A total of 1038 chickens comprising of 468 chicks, 207 growers and 363 adults were examined during the house to house survey for ectoparasites, gastrointestinal helminths and coccidia infections. Our finding showed that 41% were infected with ectoparasites with lice, fleas, and mites having prevalence rates of 62.2%, 35.7% and 2.1%, respectively. Helminths and coccidia had prevalence of 35.5% each. Among the helminths Ascaridia, galli was the most dominant species (17.2%). Generally, there was a significantly higher helminth infestation relative to the ectoparasites (P < .05), high prevalence of mixed infections and absence of tick infestation. Parasitism could be big constraint to production in the study area and we recommend a sustainable control strategy.
131 citations
1 Dec 2007
TL;DR: This is the first report of parasites in C. livia in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and Protozoa (100% for Eimeria sp.) were detected and nematodes (Ascaridia sp. and Capillaria sp.) in 32.56%, whereas 20.93% of the pigeons were infected by multiple parasites.
Abstract: The prevalence of ectoparasites and endoparasites was studied in 58 free-living pigeons (Columba livia) in urban areas of Lages, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The pigeons were visually inspected and fecal and blood samples were collected to determine the presence of ectoparasites. The serological diagnosis was established through the use of blood smears stained with Quick Panoptic and Giemsa methods. The fecal samples were analyzed using Sheather’s method. The Quick Panoptic and Giemsa methods detected 67.24% (39/58) and 46.55% (27/58) of Haemoproteus sp, respectively. The prevalence rate amounted to 57% of 116 smears analyzed (P value=0.0387; odds ratio = 2.357 with a 95% confidence interval). The prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was 74.14% (43/58). Protozoa (100% for Eimeria sp.) were detected in 86.05% of the cases and nematodes (Ascaridia sp. and Capillaria sp.) in 32.56%, whereas 20.93% of the pigeons were infected by multiple parasites. The fly Pseudolynchia canariensis was found beneath the feathers of all pigeons. This is the first report of parasites in C. livia in the state of Santa Catarina.
111 citations
TL;DR: An experiment was conducted to compare resistance to Ascaridia galli infections in Lohman Brown and Danish Landrace chickens, and found a self-cure mechanism to A. galli is possible in chickens.
86 citations
TL;DR: Even sub-clinical A. galli infections and their anthelmintic treatment can have an impact on animal behaviour, as Behavioural changes were more pervasive in the infected LSL hens, as these hens also showed changes in ground pecking and nesting activity not only during the prepatent and patent periods, but also after anthel Mintic treatment.
79 citations
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| 2022 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2017 | 9 |