Table 1.
Seasonal prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in desi fowl
| Season | No. of samples examined | No. of positive samples | Cestodes | Nematodes | Eimeria sp. | Mixed infection | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP | RC | RE | T | AG | CA | HG | T | ET | EA | EN | T | AR | AE | T | |||
| Summer | 191 | 121 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Rainy | 187 | 135 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Winter | 114 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Total | 492 | 311 | 32 | 50 | 19 | 101 | 75 | 31 | 18 | 124 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 40 |
The numericals in bold represents the Totals and sub-totals of each category
DP, Davainea proglottina; RC, Raillietina cesticillus; RE, R. echinobothrida; AG, Ascaridia galli; CA, Capillaria annulata; HG, Heterakis gallinarum; ET, Eimeria tenella; EA, E. acervulina; EN, E. necatrix; AR, A. galli and R. cesticillus; AE, A. galli and Eimeria spp.