ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PARASITIC DISEASES OF COMMERCIAL POULTRY
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Date
2020-02
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TANUVAS
Abstract
The incidence of parasitic diseases, which was once very high in free range birds, as they have
access to contaminated soil and arthropod intermediate hosts, has now been recorded frequently
in commercial birds also. Although losses due to parasitic infections have not been quantified, they
cause great economic loss to the industry by way of morbidity and mortality. However, parasitic
infections rarely cause mortality in birds unless the infection is severe, but they cause decreased
growth rate, production and feed efficiency. Besides, the affected birds are more susceptible to
dreadful diseases owing to impaired immunity resulting from parasitic infections. Prevention and
control of parasites is one of the cheapest and most dependable methods of increasing production.
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TNV_TM_17-26-Feb-2020_162-166
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory