Abstract
Ecto and Endo Parasites of Domestic Birds in Owan West, East and Akoko-Edo in Edo State of Nigeria
Highlights
The rearing of domestic birds, especially chicken has been a common preoccupation of inhabitants of both the rural and periurban centres in Nigeria, who use their eggs and meat mainly as sources of animal protein and farm manure [1,2,3]
This paper reports on the occurrence of ectoand endo-parasites of three species of domestic birds; domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domestica), pigeons (Columba livie), ducks (Anas sparsa) in Owan West, Owan East and Akoko-Edo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Edo State, Nigeria to determine the prevalence of infection in each of the three hosts and in the three Local Government Council Areas (LGAs)
The 23 live domestic birds which comprised of 13 chickens, 6 ducks and 4 pigeons were investigated for ecto and endo parasites while the 200 faecal samples were examined for endoparasites as follows: Owan West: 50, Owan East: 50, and Akoko-Edo: 100
Summary
The rearing of domestic birds, especially chicken has been a common preoccupation of inhabitants of both the rural and periurban centres in Nigeria, who use their eggs and meat mainly as sources of animal protein and farm manure [1,2,3] Some of these birds are reared in free-range where they are allowed to move freely within the neighbourhood scavenging for food and water for themselves and their young and retire to their pens at night to sleep. Disease infection caused by poor hygiene and absence of veterinary care among domestic birds has been implicated as an important cause of low productivity in poultry as it accounts for about 3⁄4 of a billion deaths in Africa annually [5] These free-range domestic birds scavenge on a variety of food materials and / or lower living organisms such as grains, general wastes, fruits, faeces, worms, various insects, snails, etc., found on plants, and in/on contaminated soils [4]. Many species such as the lice consumes dead cells of the skin or the epithelia debris while others like fleas, ticks and mites feed on blood
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