Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of colonisation and worm helminth counts by species. The mean number of helminths and the weight of worms (per bird) correspond to colonised birds
| Normal chickens (N = 120) | Diseased chickens (N = 90) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Pos. birds (%) | Total worm count | Mean no. worms (per colonised bird) (± SD) | Mean mass of worms (per colonised bird) (g) (± SD) | No. Pos. birds (%) | Total worm count | Mean no. worms (per colonised bird) (± SD) | Mean mass of worms (per colonised bird) (g) (± SD) | |
| Nematodes | 63 (52.5) | 2991 | 47.5 (± 63.4) | 0.2 (± 0.4) | 49 (54.4) | 2135 | 43.6 (± 107.8) | 1.2 (± 4.8) |
| A. galli | 32 (26.7) | 252 | 7.9 (± 8.1) | 0.4 (± 0.4) | 37 (41.1) | 1090 | 29.5 (± 106.1) | 1.5 (± 5.5) |
| H. gallinarum | 52 (43.3) | 2739 | 52.7 (± 65.4) | 0.02 (± 0.02) | 38 (42.2) | 1042 | 27.4 (± 33.3) | 0.01 (± 0.01) |
| C. hamulosa | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 (1.1) | 3 | 3 | 0.003 |
| Cestodes | 19 (15.8) | 133 | 7.4 (± 8.7) | 6.0 (± 11.0) | 14 (15.6) | 405 | 28.9 ± 78.7 | 9.0 (± 11.9) |
| R. tetragona | 10 (8.3) | 71 | 7.1 (± 9.8) | 10.0 (± 13.7) | 10 (11.1) | 83 | 8.3 (± 9.4) | 11.7 (± 13.2) |
| R. cesticillus | 5 (4.2) | 11 | 2.2 (± 1.6) | 0.7 (± 0.5) | 1 (1.1) | 8 | 8 | 2.6 |
| R. echinobothrida | 1 (0.8) | 3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2 (2.2) | 5 | 2.5 (± 2.1) | 3.5 (± 3.0) |
| Hymenolepis spp. | 3 (2.50) | 48 | 16.0 (± 2.6) | 0.02 (± 0.003) | 2 (2.2) | 309 | 154.5 ± 205.8 | 0.17 ± 0.23 |
| Trematodes | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 (1.1) | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Echinostomatidae | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 (1.1) | 2 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Total | 65 (54.2) | 3124 | 48.0 (± 64.5) | 1.9 (± 6.3) | 49 (54.4) | 2540 | 51.9 (± 118.9) | 3.8 (± 8.6) |
Pos. positive, SD standard deviation