TAILIEUCHUNG - Prevalence of endoparasitic infection in free ranging peacocks of Southern Tamil Nadu, India

The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in wild free ranging peafowls living in Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli districts of Southern Tamilnadu, through cross-sectional survey. A total of 72 freshly voided faecal samples were collected randomly from wild free ranging peafowls of either sex and of different age groups and were examined by direct faecal smear; flotation and sedimentation techniques to detect parasitic oocysts and/or eggs. | 2017 6 10 366-371 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 10 2017 pp. 366-371 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Prevalence of Endoparasitic Infection in Free Ranging Peacocks of Southern Tamil Nadu India . Kathiravan1 P. Ramachandran2 S. Shanmuganathan3 A. Karthikeyan3 N. Sathiyamoorthy1 . Gollapalli4 R. Silambarasan5 D. Bhinsara3 and E. Madesh3 1 Veterinary College and Research Institute Namakkal Tamil Nadu-637002 India 2 Wild animal Veterinarian Animal Care Trust Rajapalayam Tirunelveli-626117 . India 3 Indian Veterinary Research Institute Izatnagar-243122 . India 4 College of Vetereinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University Tirupati-517502 . India 5 Veterinary officer Chettinad Stud and Agricultural Farm Chennai-600067 Tamil Nadu India Corresponding author ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution and prevalence of gastro- intestinal parasites in wild free ranging peafowls living in Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli districts of Southern Tamilnadu through cross-sectional survey. A total of 72 freshly Keywords voided faecal samples were collected randomly from wild free ranging peafowls of either sex and of different age groups and were examined by direct faecal smear flotation and Endoparasites Pea Fowls Eimeria spp. sedimentation techniques to detect parasitic oocysts and or eggs. Out of this 49 were found to be positive for parasitic infection. The data on the distribution of the various parasitic Article Info species in the wild free ranging peafowls showed that Eimeria spp were the most common 43 particularly E. mayurai and E. pavonis. The other detected worm species and their Accepted respective frequencies were Hymenolepis spp Ascardia spp 04 September 2017 Strongyloides spp and Strongyles . The present study revealed the high .

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• Pea Fowls
• Eimeria spp
• Free ranging peacocks
• Endoparasitic infection
• Control programme strategies
• essential medicines
• treatments and unreliable
• Global Partnership
• Transport and Control Mechanisms
• Defence Strategies
• Annual Plants