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Preliminary coproscopic examination of ornamental birds in Alexandria Province, Egypt

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Recently, the attention for ornamental birds has increased significantly. This in turn has been reflected in the growth of their trade, and has become a good source of cash income for owners and traders on a small scale. However, there was no attention for studying the parasites that infecting these categories of birds. The current study aims to study the parasites infecting the ornamental birds particularly, the gastrointestinal parasites that infecting these birds. Since 100 fresh fecal samples of 10 species of birds were collected during period from April to September 2016 from pet-shops at Alexandria Province, Egypt. The current study revealed that, the overall incidence of gastrointestinal parasites was 31% and the infestation was concentrated only in 8 species where cockatiel spp recorded the highest incidence (64.7%) followed by Hamam hazaz (50%) then Fisher rose (44.44%), Zebra spp (40 %), Australly (35 %) finally, 20 % was for Gawa spp. Whereas Redram pet, Canary and Badgy recorded no infestation rate at all. The infestation was restricted in three groups of endoparasites (Protozoa are represented in Eimeria, Trematodes are represented in Echinostoma and Nematodes are represented in Ascaridia and Contracaecum spp).

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10.21608/evmspj.2017.37736

Keywords

gastro-intestinal parasites, pet birds, prevelance, alexandria

Authors

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Dewir

MiddleName

Waheed

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Alexandria University

Email

amira.samir29@yahoo.com

City

Alexandria

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First Name

Sherif

Last Name

Elshanat

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Parasitology Departement,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,Alexandria University.

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selshanat@alex.edu.eg

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Alexandria

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Volume

13

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1

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6042

Issue Date

2017-12-01

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2017-06-27

Publish Date

2017-12-01

Page Start

99

Page End

107

Print ISSN

1687-2274

Online ISSN

2682-3187

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EVMSPJ_Volume 13_Issue 1_Pages 99-107.pdf

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/article_37736.html

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Egyptian Veterinary Medical Society of Parasitology Journal (EVMSPJ)

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https://evmspj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preliminary coproscopic examination of ornamental birds in Alexandria Province, Egypt

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22 Jan 2023