Cestode Diversity of Free-Range Domestic Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Phitsanulok Province
Abstract
Natural-fed, free-range domestic chickens are at high risk of parasitic infection, particularly by cestode. Insects, ants, and hymenoptera on the ground are intermediate hosts of cestode. This study aims to investigate the diversity of cestodes that infected in free-range domestic chickens in Phitsanulok Province. Intestine specimens (n=900 samples) were collected from market in 9 districts. The cestodes were examined from intestine specimens using stereo microscope. Investigators found 4,841 cestodes belonging to four species: Cotugnia sp., Raillietina sp., R. echinobothrida and R. tetragona. The highest prevalence was R. echinobothrida (37.83 %) and following by R. tetragona, Raillietina sp., and Cotugnia sp. with equal to 31.27%, 17.57% and 13.34%, respectively. For the mean intensity of parasites found highest in R. echinobothrida with 4.09 per one intestine sample and following by Raillietina sp., R. tetragona, and Cotugnia sp. with 3.74, 3.73 and 1.19 per one intestine sample, respectively.
Keywords : diversity, cestode, domestic chicken, Phitsanulok Province
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Al-Jamaien, HH. (2013). Helminthes parasites in the intestinal tract of indigenous chickens in Jordanian Villages. Pak. J. Nutr, 12(3), 209-212.
Bootboonchoo, P., & Wongsawad, C. (2012). Prevalence and diversity of Raillietina spp. (Cestoda:Davaineidae) in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) from Phayao Province, Thailand. Journal of the Microscopy Society of Thailand, 5(1-2), 14-18.
Chalobol, W., Amnaj, R., & Suwattanakoop, S. (1994). The effect of helminths on domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) from Chiang Mai Province. Research report of National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). (in Thai)
Dar, JA., & Tanveer, S. (2013). Prevalence of cestode parasites in free-range backyard chickens (Gallus gallus domestics) of Kashmir, India. Agric. Biol. J. N. Am, 4(1), 67-70.
Das, D., & Goswami, MM. (2014). Helminth infection in Anabas testudineus of three wetlands of Goalpara, Assam. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 6(2), 677-679.
Gamra, OW., Antiab, RE., & Falohunc, OO. (2015). Intestinal cestodes of poultry Raillietina echinobothrida and Choanotaenia Infundibulum infection in a commercial Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) farm in Apomu, Osun State, Nigeria. Scientific Journal of Zoology, 4(4), 20-25.
Garcia, LS. (2009). Practical Guide to Diagnostic Parasitology. American Society for Microbiology Press, 486 pp.
Hassouni, T., & Belghyti, D. 2006. Distribution of gastrointestinal helminths in chicken farms in the Gharb region—Morocco. Parasitology research, 99(2), 181-183.
Khalil, LF., Arlene, J., & Bray, R A. (1994). Keys to the Cestode Parasite of Vertebrates. Wallingford, Oxon, UK, CAB International.
Ilyes, M., & Ahmed, B. 2013. Cestode Parasites of Free-Range Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) in the North-Eastern of Algeria. International Journal of Poultry Science, 12(11), 681-684.
Margolis, L., Esc, G., Holmes, JC., Kuris, AM., & Schad, GA. (1982). The use of ecological terms in parasitology. J. Parasitology, 68(1), 131-133.
Sum, S., Chungpivat, S., Nhuong, K., & Taweethavonsawat, P. (2015). Survey and Identification of Gastrointestinal Parasite in Domestic Chicken (Gallus domesticus L.) in Lowland of Cambodia. In Proceeding Chulalongkorn University Veterinary Conference CUVC. (pp. 195-196) Thailand: Bankkok.
Tasawar, Z., Aziz, F., & Akhtar, M. (1999). Prevalence of cestode parasites of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus). Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 19(3), 142-144.
Yamaguti, S. (1959). Systema Helminthum, vol 2, The cestodes of vertebrates. Interscience, New York.
Yousfi, F., Senouci, K., Medjoual, I., Djellil, H., & Slimane, TH. (2013). Gastrointestinal helminths in the local chicken Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in traditional breeding of North-Western Algeria. Biodiversity Journal, 4(1), 229-234.
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.