Quantification of biochemical and productive indices at pheasants infested with ectoparasites
2019
Toderaş I. (Academy of Sciences of Moldova. Institute of Zoology, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova) Zamornea M.
In order to identify the associations of ectoparasites in pheasants, during the years 2011-2017, parasitological investigations were performed in various natural and anthropogenic biotopes of the Republic of Moldova revealing malophagic polyparasitism consisting of 3 specific species (Cuclotogaster cinereus, Goniocotes chrysocephalus, Goniodes colchici) and 5 poultry common species in the Republic of Moldova (Eomenacanthus stramineus, Menopon gallinae, Goniocotes gallinae, Goniodes dissimilis, Lipeurus caponis). There were recorded also 2 common flea species for hens, turkeys, guinea fowl (Ceratophylus gallinae, Ceratophylus hirundinis), and 2 species of common gamasid mites for both wild and domestic birds (Dermanyssus gallinae, Dermanyssus hirundinis). The results of biochemical study of pheasant lots revealed deviations of protein metabolism, expressed by increasing the total protein content by 18.2%, γ-globulins by 26.6%, followed by both the decrease in the amount of albumin, globulin fractions (α, β), as well as Ca2+ ions twice recorded in the group of infected pheasants compared to those free of ectoparasites. Infestation of pheasants with ectoparasites (malophagus, fleas, gamasid mites) results in a reduction of their body mass in the untreated infested group by 228.0 g over 36 days compared to birds in the treated group.
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