@article {94994,
	title = {Study of parasites in commercial free-range chickens in northern peninsular Malaysia},
	journal = {Malaysian Journal of Veterinary Research},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2015},
	pages = {53 - 64},
	abstract = {<p>A study was conducted on 16 commercial free range chickens (8 males and 8 females) sourced from Alor Setar, Kedah in order to determine the prevalence of ecto and endoparasites. Results showed that there were 12 different species of ecto-and endoparasites from these chickens. Four (4) species of ectoparasites which consist of three lice and a tick have been discovered. The highest prevalence of ectoparasite was Menopon gallinae (93.8\%). The other ectoparasites were Menacanthus pallidulus (81.3\%), Haemaphysalis sp. (37.5\%) and Lipeurus caponis (18.8\%). On the other hand, eight species of endoparasites which consist of four nematodes and four cestodes were discovered. Rallietina echinobothrida showed the highest prevalence of endoparasite (100\%) followed by Heterakis gallinarum (93.8\%), Acuaria spiralis (87.5\%), Ascaria galli (81.3\%), Rallietina tetragona (43.8\%), Gongylonema ingluvicola (37.5\%), Hymenolepis carioca (12.5\%) and Hymenolepis cantiana (12.5\%). Endoparasites infestation was recorded highest on male chicken (52.6\%) compared to female (47.4\%). However, there was no statistically significant difference between the number of endoparasites and both sexes; t (14) = 0.817, p\&gt;0.05.</p>
},
	keywords = {chickens, commercial, ectoparasite, Endoparasite, free-range},
	url = {http://www.dvs.gov.my/dvs/resources/user_14/MJVR\%20V6N2/MJVR-V6N2-p53-64.pdf},
	author = {A.H. Suhaila and D.L. Sabrina and Nik_Ahmad_Irwan_Izzauddin Nik_Him and A. Hamdan and S. Khadijah}
}
