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.
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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