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Determination of Parasite Fauna of Chicken in the Van Region
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Original Investigation
VOLUME: 33 ISSUE: 2
P: 162-164
June 2009

Determination of Parasite Fauna of Chicken in the Van Region

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2009;33(2):162-164
Özlem ORUNÇ 1
Kamile BİÇEK 2
1. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Veteriner Parazitoloji Programı, Van, Türkiye
2. Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Parazitoloji Anabilim Dalı, Van, Türkiye
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Received Date: 20.05.2008
Accepted Date: 02.03.2009
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ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the parasite fauna of the chicken in Van Province in 2002 and 2003. The material of the present study included endoparasites and ectoparasites determined by rutine parasitological examinations. Direct, flotation and sedimentation techniques for endoparasites were used. The total of endoparasites and ectoparasites were determined as 85% and 76% respectively. The ratios of endoparasites obtained from the chicken were coccidial oocystis 65%, Echinostoma spp. 2%, Davania proglottina 8%, Raillietina spp. 10%, Trichostrongylus tenuis 4%, Dispharynx nasuta 1%, Ascaridia galli 13%, Heterakis gallinarum 15%, Capillaria spp. 30% whereas ratios of ectoparasites were Goniocotes hologaster 32%, Lipeurus heteragraphus 6%, Eomenacanthus stramineus 42%, Menacanthus cornutus 11%, Menopon gallinae 22%.

Keywords:
Endoparasites, ectoparasites, helminth, chicken, Van