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GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENOF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Husbandry and veterinary science.

Abstract

Infection with gastrointestinal parasites is a major health issue in captive birds; prevalence data of gastrointestinal parasites of birds in Zoological gardens in Nigeria are limited. This study was carried out to determine the gastrointestinal parasite kept at University of Ilorin Zoological garden. A total of 21 fecal samples from 9 birds were examined using fecal sedimentation technique. The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites was found to be 71.4%, with the highest prevalence of infection recorded in Ostrich, Crowned crane and African fish eagle (100% each), followed by domestic pigeon and White-faced whistling duck. While Marabou stock, White peafowl and Emu were the least with 50.0% each. The distribution of gastrointestinal parasites in the study area revealed a total of four species of parasites which includes two protozoans (Coccidian and Eimeria spp.) and two nematodes (Capillariaspp and Ascaris spp.) The intensity of gastrointestinal parasites of birds in the study area revealed that Ascaridiagalli recorded the highest intensity of 358 epg, followed by Capillariaspp with 104 epg while Eimeriaoocysts recorded the least intensity of 70 epg. The study concludes that the birds at the University of Ilorin Zoological garden harbor parasites which are of great importance to their health and also that of the staff and visitors in the zoo because most of the fecal samples examined did not show any obvious clinical signs.

DOI

10.21608/ejap.2022.151808.1045

Keywords

Keyword: Parasite, Birds, gastrointestinal, Zoological garden

Authors

First Name

Ajibola

Last Name

Adeola

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Affiliation

Federal college of Wildlife Management, New-bussa Niger state, Nigeria

Email

nimibola@gmail.com

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First Name

Olalekan

Last Name

Akande

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Affiliation

Department of Zoology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria

Email

akandehmd@gmail.com

City

Ilorin

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First Name

Oluwafemi

Last Name

Adeniji

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Federal College of Wildlife Management, New-bussa, Niger State, Nigeria.

Email

adenijifemi2@yahoo.com

City

New bussa

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First Name

John

Last Name

Onihunwa

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Federal College of Wildlife Management, New-bussa, Niger State, Nigeria.

Email

onihunwajohn@yahoo.com

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First Name

Oladayo

Last Name

Olaifa

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Affiliation

Federal College of Wildlife Management, New-bussa, Niger State, Nigeria.

Email

olaifa2012@gmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Deji

Last Name

Joshua

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Federal College of Wildlife Management, New-bussa, Niger State, Nigeria.

Email

dejijoshua@yahoo.com

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Volume

59

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

37650

Issue Date

2022-11-01

Receive Date

2022-07-24

Publish Date

2022-11-01

Page Start

131

Page End

135

Print ISSN

0302-4520

Online ISSN

2735-3028

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https://ejap.journals.ekb.eg/article_270064.html

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https://ejap.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=270064

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5

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Original Article

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1,298

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Animal Production

Publication Link

https://ejap.journals.ekb.eg/

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GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF BIRDS IN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENOF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

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Created At

22 Jan 2023