Table 4.

Monthly prevalence of individual GIH parasite species in country chicken

Months	SE	Cestodes																Nematodes
		R.t		R.e		R.c		D.p		A.c		Co		Hy 1		Hy 2		A.g		H.g
		SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%	SI	P%
Summer
Mar	25	19	76	22	88	12	48	12	48	11	44	11	44	12	48	6	24	15	60	10	40
Apr	25	16	64	20	80	12	48	11	44	11	44	10	40	11	44	6	24	13	52	18	72
May	25	17	68	18	72	13	52	8	32	6	24	9	36	5	20	0	0	14	56	18	72
Jun	25	15	60	21	84	11	44	9	36	7	28	11	44	8	32	0	0	16	64	18	72
Total	100	67	67	81	81	48	48	40	40	35	35	41	41	36	36	12	12	58	58	64	64
Monsoon
Jul	25	15	60	19	76	12	48	8	32	9	36	11	44	6	24	0	0	17	68	21	84
Aug	25	16	64	20	80	12	48	10	40	12	48	9	36	8	32	2	8	13	52	20	80
Sep	25	15	60	16	64	7	28	13	52	10	40	8	32	12	48	11	44	10	40	14	56
Oct	25	13	52	14	56	7	28	14	56	15	60	3	12	13	52	13	52	4	16	11	44
Total	100	59	59	69	69	38	38	45	45	46	46	31	31	39	39	26	26	44	44	66	66
Winter
Nov	25	12	48	15	60	8	32	12	48	12	48	3	12	13	52	7	28	7	28	13	52
Dec	25	13	52	15	60	7	28	10	40	11	44	4	16	8	32	6	24	7	28	10	40
Jan	25	18	72	18	72	8	32	12	48	12	48	5	20	7	28	7	28	12	48	14	56
Feb	25	17	68	20	80	6	24	10	40	12	48	5	20	5	20	5	20	8	32	11	44
Total	100	60	60	68	68	29	29	44	44	47	47	17	17	33	33	25	25	34	34	48	48
TOTAL	300	186	62	218	73	115	38	129	43	128	43	89	30	108	36	63	21	136	45	178	59

SE, Number of samples examined; SI, Number of samples infected; P%, Prevalence of infection; Rt, R. tetragona; Re, R. echinobothrida; Rc, R. cesticillus; Dp, D. proglottina; Co, Cotugnia spp.; Ac, A. cuneata; Hy1, Hymenolepis sp. 1; Hy2, Hymenolepis sp. 2; Ag, A. galli; Hg, H. gallinarum