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 (%)

1No infection (0)13/13809.42
2Single infection (1)04/13802.90
3Two parasites (2)12/13808.70
4Three parasites (3)23/13816.67
5Four parasites (4)21/13815.22
6Five parasites (5)29/13821.01
7Six parasites (6)19/13813.77
8Seven parasites (7)17/13812.32

Overall Multiple infection (≥2 parasites)121/13887.68