PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Pak Vet J, 2000, 20(2): 107-108

INCIDENCE OF NAMATODE PARASITES IN COMMERCIAL LAYERS IN SWAT

R.S. Sayyed, M.S. Phulan¹, W.M. Bhatti¹, M. Pardehi and Shamsher Ali

Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Balogram, Swat, ¹Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agricultural University, Tandojam, Pakistan

Abstract

Research was conducted on 400 guts of commercial layers collected from various shops at District Swat during April to September 1998. Out of 400 guts, 36 per cent were positive for nematodes, Mixed infestation of nematodes and cestodes was found in 4.75 per cent layers. Incidence rate of Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum and Subulura brumpli was 25.75, 8.25 and 2 per cent, respectively.

Key words: Incidence, nematodes, commercial layers, guts.

Abstract

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)