Research Article
Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasites of Chicken under Different Management System in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Table 8
Describing prevalence of the identified parasite species using both techniques employed.
| No | Helminth species | Techniques employed | P-value | Necropsy (n=138) | Coproscopy (n=410) |
| 1 | Ascaridia galli | 68.8 | 0.63 | 66.6
| 2 | Heterakis gallinarum | 72.5 | 65.6 | 0.13 | 3 | Capillaria species | 51.5 | 59.3 | 0.11 | 4 | Raillietina tetragona | 65.9 | 56.3 | 0.04 | 5 | Raillietina echinobothrida | 39.9 | 54.6 | 0.00 | 6 | Raillietina cesticillus | 55.1 | 60.0 | 0.31 | 7 | Hymenolepis carioca | 52.2 | 28.1 | 0.00 |
| ā | Overall prevalence | 90.60 | 90.98 | ā |
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