Abstract:
The present work was planned for the comparative study of helminths and haemoparasites of domestic and wild pigeons. For this purpose each of 300 guts and blood smears were studied. The overall incidence of gastro-intestinal helminths and blood protozoa was 77.33 and 31.99 percent, respectively, while 36 percent of the birds has mixed infection. The incidence of gastro-intestinal helminths and blood protozoa in wild pigeons was 89.33 and 20.66 percent respectively and in domestic pigeons, it was 65.33 and 11.33 percent respectively. Whereas mixed infections were 22 and 14 percent. The helminth parasites recovered were Raillietina tetragona, Raillietina cesticillus, Choanotaenia infundibulum, Ascaridis columbae and Capillaria obsignata whereas blood protozoa recovered were Aegyptionella pullorum and Haemoproteus columbae. Among the helminths recorded, cestodes were found predominating as compared with nematodes in both wild and domestic pigeons. Raillietina cesticillus was the most common cestode species in both wild and domestic pigeons i.e. 51 and 33 percent respectively while Ascaridia columbae predominated the nematode species i.e. 18 and 15 percent respectively. The incidence was higher in wild pigeons. Aegyptionella pullorum was more common blood protozoan i.e. 15 and 7 percent respectively in wild and domestic pigeons. The prevalence of Haemorproteus columbae was 6 and 4 percent respectively.
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26-29
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Journal: Pakistan journal of scientific research, Volume: 50, Issue: 3--4, Year: 1998