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Abstract
Pigeons are considered as one of the importa nt birds bred in Egypt and from the economic point of
view, it supply an important source of animal protein available in Egypt. The most important
problems facing pigeons prod uction and poultry industry are the parasitic diseases.
Enteric parasites as cestodes, nematodes as well as protozoa are the most common endoparasites
producing serious troubles to pigeon production.
So the present study was planned to investigate the enteric parasites of domestic pigeon and the
results recorded were:
1- Out of I 04 examined pigeons, 43 (41.34%) were infected with helminth parasites. Cestodes &
nematodes infection were found i n the examined pigeons as 30.76 & 8.65% respecti vely.
2- The highest infection rate was observed during Spring (57.l o/o) followed by Autumn (43.8%),
Summer (40.0%) and Winter (34.5%). Cestodes showed high rate of infection during spring (42.85%)
while nematodes was in Autumn (12.5%).
3- Female pigeons were the highest in infection rate (54.5%) than male one (44.18%). Cestodes
and nematodes infection were higher in female than male.
4- The isolated cestodes were Raillietina echnobothridia, Houttuynia specias, and paspalia
macrocanthos. Ascand;a columbiae was the only nematode isolated.
5- The infection rate of Haemoproteus columbae was 45.97o/o vv ith nearly similar prevalence in
all season of the year.