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Prevalence of endoparasites in turkeys of different age groups kept in poultry houses in the Bessarabia in 2023_
| Parasite | 30–60 days old, n=270 | 90–120 days old, n=318 | 150–180 days old, n=220 | 360 and > days old, n=117 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | |
| Protozoans | ||||||||
| Histomonas meleagridis | 58 | 21.5 | 56 | 17.6 | 13 | 5.9 | 8 | 6.8 |
| Eimeria spp. | 31 | 11.5 | 12 | 3.8 | 7 | 3.1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Cryptosporidium baileyi | 42 | 15.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 3 | 1.4 | – | – |
| Tetratrichomonas gallinarum | 9 | 3.3 | 12 | 3.8 | 8 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Nematodes | ||||||||
| Ascaridia dissimilis | 8 | 3.0 | 27 | 8.5 | 21 | 9.5 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Heterakis gallinarum | 26 | 9.6 | 53 | 16.6 | 38 | 17.2 | 12 | 10.3 |
| Capillaria spp. | 6 | 2.2 | 21 | 6.6 | 12 | 5.5 | 3 | 2.5 |
| Cestodes | ||||||||
| Davainea meleagridis | 3 | 1.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 14 | 6.3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Raillietina echinobothrida | – | – | 8 | 2.5 | 11 | 5.0 | 3 | 2.5 |
Prevalence of endoparasites in turkeys of different age groups kept in free-ranging in the Bessarabia in 2023_
| Parasite | 30–60 days old, n=250 | 90–120 days old, n=346 | 150–180 days old, n=240 | 360 and > days old, n=108 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | Infected | Prevalence (%) | |
| Protozoans | ||||||||
| Histomonas meleagridis | 39 | 15.6 | 35 | 10.1 | 11 | 4.6 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Eimeria spp. | 18 | 7.2 | 19 | 5.4 | 11 | 4.6 | 2 | 1.8 |
| Cryptosporidium baileyi | 27 | 10.8 | 12 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Tetratrichomonas gallinarum | 4 | 1.6 | 11 | 3.1 | 9 | 3.7 | 3 | 2.7 |
| Nematodes | ||||||||
| Ascaridia dissimilis | 11 | 4.4 | 41 | 11.8 | 14 | 5.8 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Heterakis gallinarum | 24 | 9.6 | 48 | 13.9 | 39 | 16.2 | 9 | 8.3 |
| Capillaria spp. | 7 | 2.8 | 15 | 4.3 | 13 | 5.4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| Cestodes | ||||||||
| Davainea meleagridis | 6 | 2.4 | 34 | 9.8 | 36 | 15.0 | 11 | 10.2 |
| Raillietina echinobothrida | 5 | 2.0 | 28 | 8.1 | 31 | 12.9 | 9 | 8.3 |