Prevalence of trichomoniasis in domestic and wild pigeons and its effects on hematological parameters
2008
Saleem, M.H. (University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (Pakistan)) | Khan, M.S. (University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (Pakistan)) | Chaudry, A.S. | Samad, H.A.
The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of trichomoniasis and its effect on some blood parameters in pigeons. A total of 100 samples from the pigeons (50 wild and 50 domestic) were collected during the months of March and April 2005. Higher prevalence (P less than 0.05) was recorded in wild pigeons (60%) than in domestic pigeon (26%). The overall prevalence recorded was 43%, being none significantly higher in April (56%) than in March (30%). In infected pigeons, there was significant (P less than 0.05) decrease in hemoglobin concentration number of monocytes packed cell volume, body weight, than healthy birds. Likewise, the values of total leukocyte count, lymphocytes and eosinophils were higher significantly (P less than 0.05) in infected pigeons than the healthy ones. While, no significant difference was observed for heterophils count when infected and healthy birds were compared. It was concluded that trichomonad infection is quite common in wild, as well as in domestic, pigeons under the prevailing cage system.
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