Table 2.
Monthly and seasonal prevalence of GIH parasite groups in country chicken
| Season | Month | Total GIH | Cestodes | Nematodes | Trematodes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE | SI | P% | MI | SI | P% | MI | SI | P% | MI | SI | P% | MI | ||
| Summer | Mar | 25 | 23 | 92.00 | 142.57 | 23 | 92.00 | 110.13 | 16 | 64.00 | 46.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Apr | 25 | 22 | 88.00 | 155.64 | 21 | 84.00 | 116.33 | 19 | 76.00 | 50.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 31.00 | |
| May | 25 | 23 | 92.00 | 94.17 | 22 | 88.00 | 47.64 | 21 | 84.00 | 53.24 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Jun | 25 | 22 | 88.00 | 143.73 | 22 | 88.00 | 74.91 | 21 | 84.00 | 72.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 100 | 90 | 90.00 | 133.68 | 88 | 88.00 | 87.18 | 77 | 77.00 | 56.21 | 1 | 1.00 | 31.00 | |
| Monsoon | Jul | 25 | 25 | 100.00 | 182.84 | 22 | 88.00 | 104.77 | 24 | 96.00 | 94.42 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Aug | 25 | 22 | 88.00 | 151.00 | 22 | 88.00 | 82.00 | 20 | 80.00 | 75.90 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Sep | 25 | 21 | 84.00 | 165.67 | 18 | 72.00 | 144.67 | 17 | 68.00 | 51.47 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Oct | 25 | 19 | 76.00 | 163.89 | 19 | 76.00 | 133.63 | 14 | 56.00 | 41.00 | 1 | 4.00 | 1.00 | |
| Total | 100 | 87 | 87.00 | 166.51 | 81 | 81.00 | 114.22 | 75 | 75.00 | 69.77 | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Winter | Nov | 25 | 21 | 84.00 | 127.52 | 20 | 80.00 | 103.20 | 15 | 60.00 | 40.93 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dec | 25 | 18 | 72.00 | 119.50 | 18 | 72.00 | 88.61 | 12 | 48.00 | 46.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Jan | 25 | 22 | 88.00 | 120.18 | 21 | 84.00 | 82.14 | 17 | 68.00 | 54.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Feb | 25 | 23 | 92.00 | 102.78 | 21 | 84.00 | 78.81 | 14 | 56.00 | 50.64 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Total | 100 | 84 | 84.00 | 117.11 | 80 | 80.00 | 87.99 | 58 | 58.00 | 48.24 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| TOTAL | 300 | 261 | 87.00 | 139.29 | 249 | 83.00 | 96.24 | 210 | 70.00 | 58.85 | 2 | 0.67 | 16.00 | |
SE, Number of samples examined; SI, Number of samples infected; P%, Prevalence; MI, Mean Intensity