Epidemiological Study of Distribution of Parasites in the Digestive Tract of Backyard Chicken in Babylon Governorate

Abstract

This study was conduct to investigate the parasitic infection in twenty hundred fifty of local breed chicken that house keeping chickens were aged between 12-20 weeks obtained from three regions belong to Babylon city. The parasitic infection was diagnosed via clinical signs , cross lesion and direct examination of fecal samples and intestinal components. Results showed presence of species of internal parasites in the digestive tract of the chicken that involved infection with Ascaridia galli that belong to the Nematodes and the rate of infection reach to 10.4℅ . as well as infection by other type of Nematodes which was Heterakiss gallinarum (1.2℅).In addition , there about 7.2℅ of infection with Cestodes that were Relletina tetragonia. The chicken of present study were infection in high rate of protozoa (Eimeria spp) which reach to 27.2℅.