Research Article
Gastrointestinal Helminth Parasites of Chicken under Different Management System in Mekelle Town, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Table 7
Describing the burden of helminth parasitic infections recorded per chicken (necropsy).
| No. | Categories (No. parasites per sample) | Frequency (number) | Percentage (%) |
| 1 | No infection (0) | 13/138 | 09.42 | 2 | Single infection (1) | 04/138 | 02.90 | 3 | Two parasites (2) | 12/138 | 08.70 | 4 | Three parasites (3) | 23/138 | 16.67 | 5 | Four parasites (4) | 21/138 | 15.22 | 6 | Five parasites (5) | 29/138 | 21.01 | 7 | Six parasites (6) | 19/138 | 13.77 | 8 | Seven parasites (7) | 17/138 | 12.32 |
| Overall Multiple infection (≥2 parasites) | 121/138 | 87.68 |
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