title: A survey into the prevalence of poultry helminths in northwest Arkansas commercial broiler chickens.
abstract: A 12-month survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of poultry helminths in Northwest Arkansas commercial broiler chickens. Intestinal tracts from market-ready broilers were collected weekly from two commercial broiler companies; a total of 3542 intestinal tracts were collected for parasite enumeration from 67 company A and 52 company B farms. Ascaridia galli was found on 37.3% of company A farms and 3.9% of company B farms, Raillietina cesticillus was found on 67.2% of company A farms and 69.2% of company B farms, and Heterakis gallinarum was found on 7.5% of company A farms and 1.9% of company B farms. No other parasitic helminths were found. No significant relationship was detected between grow-out feed efficiency and helminth infection rate or magnitude.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Yazwinski
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: Z B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas / Q000208:ethnology; D001198:Ascaridiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002645:Chickens; D003710:Demography; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence