A surveillance studies of gastrointestinal parasitic fauna of layer chickens at Faisalabad [Pakistan]

Of 500 guts of indigenous layer chickens at Faisalabad. 86.6 percent harbor different kinds of parasitic fauna. The nematode species (53.4 percent) included Ascaridia galli (24.6 percent), Heterakis gallinarum (19.0 percent), Subulura brumpti (6.2 percent) and Capillaria obsignata (3.6 percent). The...

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Published inJournal of animal and plant sciences Vol. 11; no. 2
Main Authors Khan, M.N, Hafeez, M.A, Iqbal, Z, Qudoos, A. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2001
Subjects
APPAREIL DIGESTIF
CESTODA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ESPECE
ESPECIES
GALLINA PONEDORA
LAYER CHICKENS
NEMATODA
PAKISTAN
PARASITE
PARASITES
PARASITOS
POULE PONDEUSE
SISTEMA DIGESTIVO
SPECIES
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Summary:Of 500 guts of indigenous layer chickens at Faisalabad. 86.6 percent harbor different kinds of parasitic fauna. The nematode species (53.4 percent) included Ascaridia galli (24.6 percent), Heterakis gallinarum (19.0 percent), Subulura brumpti (6.2 percent) and Capillaria obsignata (3.6 percent). The cestodes (18.6 percent) included Raillietina tetragona (8.6 percent), Raillietina cesticillus (5.4 percent) and Raillietina echinobothrida (4.6 percent).
Bibliography:L73
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ISSN:1018-7081
2309-8694