Lack of correlation between parasite burden and key weight metrics in poultry infected with intestinal ascarids

and are the most common and economically impactful nematode parasites of commercial poultry. These infections rarely cause clinical disease, but reduction in feed conversion efficiency is detected. To determine if feed conversion efficiency reductions correlate with any physiological measures indepe...

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Published inmicroPublication biology Vol. 2024
Main Authors Collins, J B, Shaver, Amanda O, Schaye, Etta S, Volpe, Tom, Nunn, Leonardo R, Zamanian, Mostafa, Andersen, Erik C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Caltech Library 2024
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Summary:and are the most common and economically impactful nematode parasites of commercial poultry. These infections rarely cause clinical disease, but reduction in feed conversion efficiency is detected. To determine if feed conversion efficiency reductions correlate with any physiological measures independent of clinical disease, we determined if ascarid infections correlate with changes in the weights of the small intestine, liver, or total animal weight (quantitative measures of animal health). No correlation between parasite burden and these metrics were observed, supporting the concept that feed conversion is the only production metric impacted by ascarid infections.
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The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.
ISSN:2578-9430
2578-9430
DOI:10.17912/micropub.biology.001197