Table 1.
Frequency of detection ofEimeriaspecies in chicken faecal samples
| |
Region |
|
|
Mixed species infection (n = 23) |
Single species infection (n = 13) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Species |
Horro |
Jarso |
Fisher’s exact p-value |
|
|
| (n = 22) | (n = 25) | ||||
|
E. acervulina |
9 (40%) |
10 (40%) |
0.8 |
12 (52%) |
1 (8%) |
|
E. brunetti1 |
4 (18%) |
5 (20%) |
0.9 |
5 (22%) |
0 (0%) |
|
E. maxima |
5 (22%) |
15 (60%) |
0.022 |
13 (57%) |
4 (31%) |
|
E. mitis |
0 (0%) |
7 (28%) |
0.012 |
2 (9%) |
2 (15%) |
|
E. necatrix1 |
4 (18%) |
2 (8%) |
0.4 |
4 (17%) |
0 (0%) |
|
E. praecox |
21 (95%) |
9 (36%) |
<0.0012 |
17 (74%) |
6 (46%) |
| E. tenella1 | 3 (12%) | 7 (28%) | 0.3 | 3 (13%) | 0 (0%) |
Samples were collected from 47 indigenous chicken faecal samples in two regions of Ethiopia (Horro and Jarso). The frequency of detection of multiple and single Eimeria species infections among 36 of these 47 which were each known to come from a single bird are also presented.
1Considered to be highly pathogenic [17].
2Significantly different (p <0.05).