Table 3. Season-wise prevalence of gastrointestinal nematodes in Gallus gallus domesticus.
| Season | Total no. of hosts | No. of infected hosts | Prv % | No. infected hosts with particular parasitic spp. (% prevalence) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. galli | H. gallinarum | Capillaria | |||||||
| Spring | 103 | 44 | 42.7 | 34 | 33.00 | 20 | 19.41 | 10 | 9.70 |
| Summer | 103 | 66 | 64.07 | 47 | 45.63 | 31 | 30.09 | 17 | 16.50 |
| Autumn | 99 | 66 | 64.07 | 40 | 40.40 | 30 | 30.30 | 18 | 18.18 |
| Winter | 95 | 20 | 21.05 | 16 | 16.84 | 9 | 9.47 | 2 | 2.10 |
| Total | 400 | 196 | 49 | 137 | 34.25 | 90 | 22.5 | 47 | 11.75 |
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29.469<0.01 | 15.438 <0.01 |
14.089 <0.01 |
14.021 <0.01 |
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