Table 7.

Prevalence of GIH parasite groups in country chicken based on Sex, Body weight, Body temperature and GIT pH

Host observation	Total GIH				Cestodes			Nematodes			Trematodes
	SE	SI	P%	MI	SI	P%	MI	SI	P%	MI	SI	P%	MI
Sex
Male	148	131	88.51	142.82	127	85.81	95.73	111	75.00	58.74	1	0.68	31.00
Female	152	130	85.53	135.73	122	80.26	96.76	99	65.13	58.98	1	0.66	1.00
Body Weight (kg)
0.6–1.0	17	17	100.00	142.06	17	100.00	112.41	13	76.47	38.77	0	0.00	0.00
1.1–1.5	128	110	85.94	140.45	104	81.25	91.94	90	70.31	65.40	1	0.78	1.00
1.6–2.0	104	87	83.65	138.08	82	78.85	99.10	70	67.31	55.09	1	0.96	31.00
2.0–2.5	38	36	94.74	140.67	35	92.11	97.37	29	76.32	57.10	0	0.00	0.00
2.6–3.0	8	7	87.50	140.71	7	87.50	99.29	5	62.50	58.00	0	0.00	0.00
3.0–3.5	5	4	80.00	107.00	4	80.00	65.25	3	60.00	55.67	0	0.00	0.00
Body Temperature (°F)
104°	14	9	64.29	44.89	9	64.29	35.56	5	35.71	16.80	0	0.00	0.00
105°	30	23	76.67	82.74	22	73.33	57.05	17	56.67	38.12	0	0.00	0.00
106°	59	44	74.58	96.23	38	64.41	85.05	30	50.85	33.40	0	0.00	0.00
107°	115	104	90.43	135.04	101	87.83	97.76	81	70.43	51.48	0	0.00	0.00
108°	82	81	98.78	194.68	79	96.34	117.49	77	93.90	83.83	2	2.44	16.00
GIT pH level
5.0	73	72	98.63	194.25	72	98.63	121.69	66	90.41	78.67	2	2.74	16.00
5.5	131	128	97.71	137.45	125	95.42	93.66	100	76.34	58.85	0	0.00	0.00
6.0	96	61	63.54	78.28	52	54.17	67.17	44	45.83	29.14	0	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	300	261	87.00	139.29	249	83.00	96.24	210	70.00	58.57	2	0.67	16.00

SE, Number of samples examined; SI, Number of samples infected; P%, Prevalence of infection; MI, Mean Intensity