Internal Parasites of Alimentary Tracts of Adult Native Chickens in North-eastern Part of Thailand

Authors

  • Chantana Kunjara Na Ayudthaya Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Arkom Sangvaranond Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University Jatujak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

post mortem examination, internal parasites, alimentary tract, native chicken, the north-eastern part of Thailand

Abstract

Post-mortem examination of 180 adult native chickens (aged 1-3 years) from 7 provinces and 17 amphoes in north-eastern part of Thailand during the year 1989-1990 revealed incidence of the following internalparasites; Raillietina spp. (73.8%), Hymenolepis spp. (2.5%), Ascaridia galli (21.9%), Heterakis gallinarum (25.6%), Acuaria (Dispharynx) spiralis (13.8%), Tetrameres fissispina (31.9%), Capillaria spp. (1.9%) and Eimeria tenella (5%). In addition, specific organs on hosts and infestation characters of these internal parasites were also reported in this study.

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Published

1993-09-30

How to Cite

Chantana Kunjara Na Ayudthaya, and Arkom Sangvaranond. 1993. “Internal Parasites of Alimentary Tracts of Adult Native Chickens in North-Eastern Part of Thailand”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 27 (3). Bangkok, Thailand:324-29. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241570.

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (1993): July-September

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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