Prevalence of Poultry Coccidiosis and Associated Risk Factors in Intensive Farming System of Gondar Town, Ethiopia.
Journal
Veterinary medicine international
ISSN: 2090-8113
Titre abrégé: Vet Med Int
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101524203
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
09
07
2019
revised:
29
10
2019
accepted:
13
11
2019
entrez:
25
2
2020
pubmed:
25
2
2020
medline:
25
2
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2018 to April 2019 in Gondar town, Ethiopia, with the objectives to determine the prevalence of coccidiosis and to assess the associated risk factors. The floatation technique was used for isolation of coccidian oocysts obtained from 384 fecal samples of chicken, and the prevalence revealed was 42.2%. The result showed 43.6% of male and 41.2% female chickens found infected with Eimeria. From the examined chickens, higher degree of infection was observed in the younger age group (51.0%) than adult chickens (36.7%). The difference was statistically significant (
Identifiants
pubmed: 32089814
doi: 10.1155/2019/5748690
pmc: PMC7012234
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
5748690Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Anteneh Wondimu et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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