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Table 1 Frequency of detection of Eimeria species in chicken faecal samples

From: Prevalence and molecular characterisation of Eimeriaspecies in Ethiopian village chickens

 

Region

  

Mixed species infection (n = 23)

Single species infection (n = 13)

Species

Horro

Jarso

Fisher’s exact p-value

  
 

(n = 22)

(n = 25)

   

E. acervulina

9 (40%)

10 (40%)

0.8

12 (52%)

1 (8%)

E. brunetti 1

4 (18%)

5 (20%)

0.9

5 (22%)

0 (0%)

E. maxima

5 (22%)

15 (60%)

0.022

13 (57%)

4 (31%)

E. mitis

0 (0%)

7 (28%)

0.012

2 (9%)

2 (15%)

E. necatrix 1

4 (18%)

2 (8%)

0.4

4 (17%)

0 (0%)

E. praecox

21 (95%)

9 (36%)

<0.0012

17 (74%)

6 (46%)

E. tenella 1

3 (12%)

7 (28%)

0.3

3 (13%)

0 (0%)

  1. Samples were collected from 47 indigenous chicken faecal samples in two regions of Ethiopia (Horro and Jarso). The frequency of detection of multiple and single Eimeria species infections among 36 of these 47 which were each known to come from a single bird are also presented.
  2. 1Considered to be highly pathogenic [17].
  3. 2Significantly different (p <0.05).