A Survey on Gastrointestinal Parasites in Free Range Ducks of Local Farms

ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

S. Saravanan , S. Madhava Kumaran, K.M.Palanivel, T. Arul Kumar, G. Selvaraju and S. Rajasokkappan

¹Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive, Medicine, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal – 637 002, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2013;7(1):247-248

Received: 03/07/2012 | Accepted: 08/08/2012 | Published: 01/03/2013

Abstract

A cross sectional study was carried out in a free range duck population of different farms in the local area to assess the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthes. Faecal examination by centrifugal sedimentation revealed an overall prevalence of 38.3 per cent. Echinostoma (25.0%) followed by Capillaria, Strongyloides sp. and Trichostrongylus sp., and mixed infections were also observed.

Keywords

Duck, Gastro intestinal parasites, Prevalence

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