Diagnosis of some endoparasites in the digestive tract of quail In some farms spread in Lattakia governorate

Abstract

The aim of this study is diagnosing some internal parasites of bred quail in Lattakia governorate, where about 80 birds were collected from four different farms of it rearing system (2 ground raising, 2 cage raising), distributed across the regions of the governorate (Qerdaha, Jableh, Lattakia), during two periods, the first in May 2023. And the second was in November 2023, where 40 birds are checked at each period, the birds were brought alive to the poultry laboratory at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at Tishreen University. Birds have drugged, and the entire digestive tract was dissected and divided longitudinally search of worms. Were also taken smears from fecal detect presence of protozoa. The highest rate of infection with cestoda (22.5%) was recorded during November, and the isolated species were: Raillietina echinobothrida , Raillietina tetragona. Raillietina tetragona recorded the highest infection rate (15%) in November, while the infection rate of Nematodes (21.25%) during two periods, with two species Ascaridia galli and Heterakis gallinarum. Two species of Eimeria were also diagnosed: Eimeria bateri and Eimeria tenella. The highest infection rate was Eimeria tenella (12.5%) in May. study also concluded that there was a higher incidence of tapeworms, nematodes, and protozoa in ground raising farms compared to farms that follow the cage raising system, where they were recorded at (35%), (27.5%), and (27.5%), respectively, while It was recorded in cage farms (7.5%), (10%) and (10%) respectively.