Journal details
Coccidiosis of chicken at Sadar Upazila of Tangail district
Published Date: 30 Dec 2018
Keywords: Chicken coccidiosis, Eimeria tenella, Frequency and Prevalence
Md. Asaduzzaman Lovelu1*, Mohammad Rohul Amin1, Tarun Kumar Paul1, Md. Abdullah-Al-Mansur1,
Md. Asaduzzaman Rimon2 and Mst. Soaiba Akhter2
1Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali-8602.
2Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh.
Abastract:
Context: Avian coccidiosis causes massive destruction of the epithelial cells, which leads to bloody diarrhea, reduced weight gain and dead.
Objective: To observed the frequency of coccidiosis in chicken at sadar upazila, Tangail district.
Materials Methods: The present study was conducted at different farms of Tangail sadar upazila, Tangail during the period of 18 March 2013 to 31 August 2013 to identify the coccidiosis infestation in chicken. A total of 1632 birds were examined to identify the coccidiosis in Tangail sadar upazila under Tangail district. The diseases were diagnosed by history, clinical signs, postmortem and microscopic findings.
Results: Coccidiosis affection was found 13.97%. In which 20.94% were broiler chickens and 24.62% were layer chickens. The layer birds (24.62%) were more prone to infection with coccidiosis than broiler (20.94%). Coccidiosis affection was highest in Salompur (6.25%) union and lowest in Katuali (0.91). Other diseases encounteread in poultry were Brooder pneumonia (17.76%), colibacillosis (12.68%), mycoplasmosis (17.46%), infectious bursal disease (16.85), Newcastle disease (11.34%) and salmonellosis (9.92%).
Conclusion: Coccidiosis is fetal disease which more prevelance at Salompur union, Sadar upazila, Tangail.