Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Turkeys from Gilan, Mazandarn and Golestan provinces 2015

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

Mohammad reza Youssefi ¹ , payam mahmoudi ² , armin ebrahimi ³

1 - Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran.
2 - عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران و نخبگان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد بابل
3 - عضو باشگاه پژوهشگران و نخبگان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد بابل

Received: 2017-08-04 Accepted : 2018-05-06 Published : 2018-08-23

Keywords: Turkey, Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum, Subulura brumpti, Raillietina tetragona,

Abstract :

In developing countries there are traditional poultry production systems particularly for turkeys and led these bird to be exposed to several parasitic infections. The aim of the present study was to determine the parasites infecting turkeys in north of Iran in 2015. In this experiment the gastrointestinal tract of 45 turkeys were obtained from local traditional slaughterhouses in north of Iran. They were transferred to laboratory of parasitology, faculty of veterinary medicine, Islamic Azad University, Babol branch and then were dissected and their content was carefully screened and parasites were separated. Obtained nematodes were diagnosed after clarification with lactophenol. Cestodes also were stained by acetocarmine stain and species determined. Data obtained in this experiment showed that out of 45 turkeys 33 cases were infected with parasites and they were Ascaridia galli (22.6%), Heterakis gallinarum (48.68%), Subulura brumpti (26.31%) and Raillietina tetragona(2.30%). The high prevalence of parasitic infection in turkeys of north of Iran indicates inattention to hygiene is breeding of this bird and this will cause great economic losses to turkeys production industry. Therefore, by fighting against internal parasites and frequent monitoring of health status and teaching appropriate farming techniques can reduce parasitic infection in turkeys in north of Iran.