Table 1.

Prevalence of parasites in urban birds in Khorramabad, Iran

	Hen n = 201		Turkey n = 59		Sparrow n = 105		Pigeon n = 37		Decorative birds n = 49		Total n = 451
	N	Inf (%)	N	Inf (%)	N	Inf (%)	N	Inf (%)	N	Inf (%)	N	Inf (%)
Protozoa
Eimeria spp.	2	1	0	0	29	27.6	0	0	1	2	32	7.1
Trichomonas gallinae	17	8.4	7	11.8	2	1.9	0	0	0	0	26	5.8
Histomonas spp.	24	11.9	0	0	1	0.95	2	5.4	2	4.1	29	6.5
Amoeba spp.	0	0	2	3.4	1	0.95	0	0	1	2	4	0.9
Cryptosporidium spp.	3	1.5	7	11.8	20	19	1	2.7	2	4.1	33	7.3
Total protozoa	46	22.9	16	27.1	53	50.5	3	8.1	6	12.2	124	27.5
Helminthes
Ascarida spp.	0	0	1	1.7	0	0	1	2.7	0	0	2	0.4
Hymenolepis nana	0	0	0	0	1	0.95	0	0	0	0	1	0.2
Capillaria spp.	9	4.5	0	0	0	0	1	2.7	1	2	11	2.4
Railleitina spp.	15	7.5	0	0	1	0.95	1	2.7	2	4.1	19	4.2
Total helminthes	24	11.9	1	1.7	2	1.9	3	8.1	3	6.1	33	7.3
Total of Parasites	70	34.8	17	28.8	55	52.4	6	16.2	9	18.3	157	34.8