- FAİZULLAH, Sher AHMED, Shakeel BABAR, Syed Khurram FAREED, Muhammad Azam KAKAR, - ZİAULHAQ, Saadullah JAN

Pakistan’nın Quetta bölgesi tavuklarında helmintiosis

Quetta bölgesinde 120 adet kırsal alan tavuğunda helmint parazitleri araştırıldı ve enfeksiyon oranı yaklaşık %75.8 olarak belirlendi. Prevalans kış mevsiminde (%81.6) yaz mevsiminden (%70) daha yüksek belirlendi. Raillietina tetragona (%48.3), Choanotaenia spp. (%20), R. echinobothrida (%19.2), Cotugnia spp. (%1.7) ve R. cesticillus (%0.8) olmak üzere beş farklı sestot türü belirlendi. Nematod olarak Ascaridia galli (%10.8), Allodapa suctoria (%0.8)’dan daha fazla belirlendi. İncelemede en fazla tek parazitle enfeksiyon (%53.3) belirlenirken, iki, üç ve dörtlü enfeksiyon da (%20, 1.7 ve 0.8) belirlendi. Tavukların %5.8’inde nematod ve sestodla miks enfeksiyon belirlendi. Sonuç olarak köy tavuğu yetiştiriciliğinde rutin olarak antelmentik uygulamalar yapılmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Helmint, kanatlı çiftliği, Pakistan

Helminthosis of rural poultry in Quetta, Pakistan

Helminth parasites were studied in 120 rural chickens in Quetta, showing overall infection to be 75.8%. Prevalence was higher in winter (81.6%) than in summer (70%). Five cestodes were found, i.e., Raillietina tetragona (48.3%), followed by Choanotaenia spp. (20%), R. echinobothrida (19.2%), Cotugnia spp. (1.7%) and R. cesticillus (0.8%). The nematode, Ascaridia galli was more prevalent (10.8%) than Allodapa suctoria (0.8%). Infection of one host with single species of helminth was seen at most occasions (53.3%), followed by double, triple and quadruple infections (20, 1.7 and 0.8%), respectively. Mixed infection with both nematodes and cestodes was seen in 5.8% of chickens. In conclusion, anthelmintic treatments should be done routinely in the rural poultry.

Keywords:

Helminth, rural poultry, Pakistan,

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