Distribution of gastrointestinal helminths in chicken farms in the Gharb region--Morocco.
Gastrointestinal tracts of 300 chickens from three villages of the Gharb region, Morocco, were examined for adult helminths during 2002-2005. Helminth species found were: Notocotylus gallinarum (prevalence 0.7%), Hymenolepis carioca (3.7%), Raillietina echinobothrida (5.7%), Hymenolepis contaniana (7%), Raillietina tretragona (9.3%), Raillietina cesticillus (12%), Capillaria obsignata (6%), Subulura brumpti (15.3%), Heterakis gallinarum (10%), Cheilospirura hamulosa (2.7%), Dispharynx nasuta (5.3%), Ascaridia galli (9%), and Tetrameres sp. (3.3%). The prevalence and mean intensity of helminth infections did not differ significantly between male and female chickens.
Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Hydrobiology and Parasitology Laboratory, UFR Doctorat Veterinary and Medical Parasitology, SVS 18/99-08. P.O. Box 133, Kenitra 14000, Morocco. thassouni@yahoo.fr
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D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000469:parasitology*; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence