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Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite the expansion of modernized poultry farming in Ethiopia, the presence of high prevalence of Eimeria species is the bottleneck in the sector causing high morbidity and mortality rate in poultry. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and identify...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10508525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37572345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1243 |
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author | Cheru, Hailehizeb Tamrat, Habtamu Hailemelekot, Mussie Cassini, Rudi Belayneh, Negus |
author_facet | Cheru, Hailehizeb Tamrat, Habtamu Hailemelekot, Mussie Cassini, Rudi Belayneh, Negus |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite the expansion of modernized poultry farming in Ethiopia, the presence of high prevalence of Eimeria species is the bottleneck in the sector causing high morbidity and mortality rate in poultry. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and identify Eimeria species and investigate the major risk factors. METHOD: A cross‐sectional study was conducted from November 2019 to April 2020 in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia. A total of 384 chickens were used. Both floatation and McMaster coprological techniques were employed. Univariate and multinomial logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio for the associated risk factors. Analysis of variance was used to analyse differences in Eimeria oocyst counts among the groups. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of Eimeria species in poultry from the study area was 26.5%. Age (OR = 0.25, p = 0.001), management system (OR = 12.44, p = 0.001) and production system (OR = 0.37, p = 0.001) were found significantly (p < 0.05) associated with the risk of Eimeria species in poultry. The mean Eimeria oocyst count was significantly different by age and management system (F = 6.526, p = 0.002), (F = 5.369, p = 0.005), respectively. The mean Eimeria oocyst count was significantly greater in 6–12 weeks (p = 0.004) and <6 weeks of age (p = 0.025). A total of 6 Eimeria species were identified. Eimeria tenella (46.07%), Eimeria necatrix (24.5%) and Eimeria acervulina (8.82%) were the most common Eimeria species encountered. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of Eimeria species was higher in poultry in North West Ethiopia. Therefore, tailor‐made intervention is required to mitigate risk factors and reduce the prevalence of Eimeria species in poultry from the study area. |
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spelling | pubmed-105085252023-09-20 Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia Cheru, Hailehizeb Tamrat, Habtamu Hailemelekot, Mussie Cassini, Rudi Belayneh, Negus Vet Med Sci POULTRY BACKGROUND: Despite the expansion of modernized poultry farming in Ethiopia, the presence of high prevalence of Eimeria species is the bottleneck in the sector causing high morbidity and mortality rate in poultry. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence and identify Eimeria species and investigate the major risk factors. METHOD: A cross‐sectional study was conducted from November 2019 to April 2020 in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia. A total of 384 chickens were used. Both floatation and McMaster coprological techniques were employed. Univariate and multinomial logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio for the associated risk factors. Analysis of variance was used to analyse differences in Eimeria oocyst counts among the groups. RESULTS: Overall prevalence of Eimeria species in poultry from the study area was 26.5%. Age (OR = 0.25, p = 0.001), management system (OR = 12.44, p = 0.001) and production system (OR = 0.37, p = 0.001) were found significantly (p < 0.05) associated with the risk of Eimeria species in poultry. The mean Eimeria oocyst count was significantly different by age and management system (F = 6.526, p = 0.002), (F = 5.369, p = 0.005), respectively. The mean Eimeria oocyst count was significantly greater in 6–12 weeks (p = 0.004) and <6 weeks of age (p = 0.025). A total of 6 Eimeria species were identified. Eimeria tenella (46.07%), Eimeria necatrix (24.5%) and Eimeria acervulina (8.82%) were the most common Eimeria species encountered. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of Eimeria species was higher in poultry in North West Ethiopia. Therefore, tailor‐made intervention is required to mitigate risk factors and reduce the prevalence of Eimeria species in poultry from the study area. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10508525/ /pubmed/37572345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1243 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Veterinary Medicine and Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | POULTRY Cheru, Hailehizeb Tamrat, Habtamu Hailemelekot, Mussie Cassini, Rudi Belayneh, Negus Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title | Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title_full | Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title_short | Epidemiology and identification of Eimeria species affecting poultry in East Gojjam Zone, North West Ethiopia |
title_sort | epidemiology and identification of eimeria species affecting poultry in east gojjam zone, north west ethiopia |
topic | POULTRY |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10508525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37572345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1243 |
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