Endo and ectoparasites prevalence of free-range chickens on small farms in the mountainous region of Santa Catarina

Authors

  • Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros teste
  • Sandra Batista Wiggers
  • Mariana Pagani Vieira Paes
  • Sandra Márcia Tietz Marques

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v9n1.1-5

Keywords:

range chickens, blood smears, blood parasites, intestinal parasites.

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ecto and endoparasites of chicken colonial creation / hillbilly in Santa Catarina. Two hundred and fifty clinically healthy birds were contained and examined for the presence of ectoparasites. And, to evaluate hemoparasites blood samples made brachial vein and blood films 500 were collected and evaluated by methods Panotic Fast (250) and Giemsa (250), and 60 faecal samples of the patio soil were evaluated by the methods parasitological spontaneous sedimentation and centrifugal flotation in saturated solution of sucrose. No bird showed ectoparasites and blood parasites. Eggs were identified Capillaria spp. (48.3%), Ascaridia galli (21.7%), Hymenolepis spp. (16.7%), Heterakis spp. (8.3%), Choanotaenia spp. (6.7%), Raillietina spp. (3.3%), Syngamus trachea (3.3%) and oocysts of Eimeria spp. (20%). Most fecal samples from two properties had more than one parasite gender. The negativity of haemoprotozoans can be attributed to the large volume of rain throughout the study period, reflecting the low occurrence of vectors, mosquitoes and bloodsucking flies, vectors in the transmission.

Published

2015-06-16

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Endo and ectoparasites prevalence of free-range chickens on small farms in the mountainous region of Santa Catarina. (2015). Pubvet, 9(01). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v9n1.1-5

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