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STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF THE FOWL HELMINTHS ASCARIDIA GALLI (NEMATODA) AND RAILLIETINA CESTICILINETCESTODA) ON GROWING CHICKENS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYSTICERCOID OF R. CESTICILLUS by Charles Louis Wisseman, Jr. B. A., Southern Methodist University, 1941 A THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Zoology KANSAS STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE 1943 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. STUDIES ON SOME EFFECTS OF THE ROUNDWORM, ASCARIDIA GALLI ON GROWING CHICKENS INTRODUCTION 2 MATERIALS AND METHODS 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 4 EXPERIMENTAL DATA 5 DISCUSSION 9 SUMMARY 10 LITERATURE CITED 12 PART II. ON THE EFFECTS OF THE FOWL TAPEWORM RAILLIETINA CESTICILLUS (MOLIN) ON, GROWING CHICKENS INTRODUCTION 13 MATERIALS AND METHODS 13 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 18 EXPERIMENTAL DATA 20 DISCUSSION 27 SUMMARY 28 LITERATURE CITED 30 PART III. STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYSTICERCOID OF THE FOWL TAPEWORM RAILLIETINA CESTICILLUS (MOLIN) INTRODUCTION 32 MATERIALS AND METHODS 32 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 33 DISCUSSION OF OBSERVATIONS 34 SUMMARY 39 LITERATURE CITED 39 EXPLANATION OF PLATES 40 STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF THE FOWL HELMINTHS ASCARIDIA GALLI (NEMATODA) AND RAILLIETINA CESTICILLUS ON GROWING CHICKENS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYSTICERCOID OF R. CESTICILLUS PART I. STUDIES ON SOME EFFECTS OF THE ROUNDWORM, ASCARIDIA GALLI ON GROWING CHICKENS INTRODUCTION Recent advances in nutritional requirements of chickens and the relation of the nutritional status of the host to parasitism have instigated new, significant investigations into the actual effects of certain helminths upon fowls. The observable effects of light parasitism on chickens pro- vided with an adequate diet promised to be an interesting problem of practical importance. The present investigation is a study on some effects of a light infection with the roundworm Ascaridia galli on growing chicks receiving a diet known to be sufficient for normal growth. MATERIALS AND METHODS Day-old single comb White Leghorn chicks purchased from a commercial hatchery were placed in brooders in a tightly screened room. Food and water were kept before them at all times during the experiment except for short periods before weighing and taking samples for blood sugar analyses. In these cases only feed was removed from the batteries. Feed consisted of the Kansas State College Poultry Farm all-pur- pose mash containing the following proportions of ingredients, (in pounds): 3 Ground corn 200 Ground oats 200 Shorts 200 Bran 100 Soy bean meal 100 Alfalfa meal 100 Meat scraps 70 Ground limestone 20 Salt 10 Cod-liver oil 4 At the age of 23 days the chicks were weighed after a 24-hour starvation period. They were then divided into two groups of 15 chicks each matched closely according to weight, one group to be parasitized and the other to be kept as controls. Sex was not recorded. On the following day approximately 200 embryonated eggs of Ascaridia galls from cultures were fed to each chick of the parasitized group. Eggs taken from the cultures with a capillary pipette and placed on an ordinary glass slide in a small drop of water were observed and counted with the aid of a compound microscope. Only completely embryo- nated eggs showing no degeneration were tabulated. They were removed from the slides with small bits of filter paper which were subsequently inserted into the chick's esophagus and washed down with water. On the 14th day after infection while the larvae were still associated with the intestinal mucosa, a 0.5 to 1.0 ml blood sample was taken from the wing veins of each chick in both groups previously starved for 12 to 24 hours. The samples were stored in small test tubes containing enough powdered sodium citrate to prevent clotting. All samples were analysed for blood sugar within three hours after they had been taken. 4 Hemoglobin was estimated with the New Dare Hemoglobinometer. The ceric sulfate microtitration method of Miller and Van Slyke (1936) was utilized to determine blood sugar, dupli- cate samples being analysed in each case. Weights were recorded on the days preceding the analyses. Four weeks after infection the chicks were subjected again to the same series of tests. At the termination of the experiment all chicks of both groups were killed and examined for worms. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Though considerable investigation has been made on the effects of various conditions of the host with respect to age, diet, and physical condition on the number and size of the worm, Ascaridia galli, the evidence available concerning the effects of the worm on the host is rather limited. Ackert and Titus (1924) reported a significant difference in the blood sugar of parasitized and unparasitized chicks two weeks after infection, the blood sugar of the parasitized group being lower than that of the control group. Then Ackert (1924) found the thymus glands of parasitized chicks smaller than those of control chicks. Later, Ackert and Otto (1927) in studies on the effects of parasitism with A. galli on the thyroid gland did not find any significant differences. In rather extensive studies on the growth rates of chickens parasitized with A. galli and unparasitized chicks, Ackert and Herrick (1928) showed a significant retardation of growth in the infected chicks during a period of two to four weeks after infection. 5 The difference corresponded to the period in which the worms were closely associated with tree intestinal mucosa. however, sometimes at the end of eight weeks after parasitism, there was a greater gain in weight by the parasitized chicks. Rather heavy infections were used in this study with as many as 2000 eggs fed to one chick. Clapham (1937) described some lesions associated with severe infections of Ascaridia larvae. She found the fowls emaciated and showing a severe enteritis. The mucous membranes were covered with petechial hemorrhages and the gut contents consisted mainly of bloody mucus. Large numbers of larvae were present. Pratt (1940 and 1941) found that severe coccidiosis caused a marked rise in blood sugar by the sixth day after infection. The increase in blood sugar was associated with a decrease of glycogen in the liver and muscles. Withdrawal of large quan- tities of blood from the nearts of normal chickens produced a rise in blood sugar of approximately the same magnitude as did coccidiosis in other chickens. Ackert (1942) reviewed the factors known to influence the natural resistance to helminth infections including dietary factors among numerous others. However, in most of the inves- tigations reviewed, resistance was studied by observing the effects of diverse experimental conditions upon the worms. EXPERIMENTAL DATA Both parasitized and unparasitized groups were weighed 6 three times in the experiment. The data obtained from the weighings are included in Table 1. During the first two weeks after infection the difference in average weight gained by both groups was 3.7 g, only 1.63 times the standard error. Thus, this difference could have occurred readily by chance. The same applies to the average gain in weight over that of the second two weeks when the difference of 2.9 g is only 0.17 times the standard error. Considering the average gain in weight for both groups over the entire period of four weeks, one finds that the difference of 10.5 g between means could have occurred by chance since it is only 0.42 times the standard error. Blood sugar was determined twice during the experiment: at two and four weeks after infection. The data obtained for each chick are recorded in Table 2. The difference between the means at the end of two weeks was 4.0 mg per 100 ml of blood, which is 0.44 times the standard error. At the end of four weeks the difference can be considered non-significant since it is well within the limits allowed by chance. The only hemoglobin analyses (Table 2) were made two weeks after infection. The mean value of the parasitized group was 0.4 g/100 ml higher than the control group. Since this difference is only 0.60 times the standard error, it cannot be considered significant. Autopsy revealed an average of 17.9 worms per chick in the parasitized group with numbers varying from one to 46. No parasites were found in any of the control chicks. 7 Table 1. Comparison of growth in parasitized and control chicks. Chick Wt. (g) Wt. (g) Gain (g) Wt. (g) Gain (g) Total gain No. 4-8-42 4-22-42 5-6-42 (g) Control group A-1727 145 227 82 407 130 262 A-1732 184 313 129 528 215 344 A-1733 189 314 125 551 237 362 A-1734 182 288 106 496 208 314 A-1736 122 204 82 395 191 273 A-1739 159 248 89 437 189 279 A-1740 180 274 94 418 144 238 A-1744 159 275 116 448 173 289 A-1746 165 266 101 455 189 290 A-1747 139 194 55 336 142 197 A-1749 160 270 110 474 204 314 A-1751 176 277 101 515 238 339 A-1752 190 308 118 525 217 335 A-1753 198 316 118 520 204 322 A-1758 204 306 102 532 226 328 Average 170.0 272.0 101.9 469.1 193.8 299.0 Parasitized group A-1726 180 274 94 464 190 284 A-1728 190 277 87 270 193 280 A-1729 214 332 118 552 220 238 A-1730 115 214 99 388 174 273 A-1731 164 275 111 489 214 325 A-1735 142 262 120 478 216 336 A-1737 178 265 87 496 231 318 A-1741 159 239 80 413 174 254 A-1742 170 283 113 460 177 290 A-1743 135 232 97 439 207 304 A-1745 145 208 63 338 130 193 A-1750 204 320 116 541 221 337 A-1754 182 277 95 487 210 305 A-1755 188 300 112 517 217 329 A-1759 159 241 82 421 180 262 Average 169.0 268.0 98.2 463.0 190.9 288.5 Difference 3.7 2.9 10.5 8 Table 2.
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    Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Volume 5 Article 18 Fall 2004 A survey into the prevalence of parasitic helminths in broiler breeders Anita Sarathi University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Tom Yazwinski University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Chris Tucker University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Jennifer Robins University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/discoverymag Part of the Animal Diseases Commons, Animal Studies Commons, and the Poultry or Avian Science Commons Recommended Citation Sarathi, Anita; Yazwinski, Tom; Tucker, Chris; and Robins, Jennifer (2004) "A survey into the prevalence of parasitic helminths in broiler breeders," Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. 5:84-87. Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/discoverymag/vol5/iss1/18 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Discovery, The tudeS nt Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A survey into the prevalence of parasitic helminths in broiler breeders Anita Sarathi*, T.A. Yazwinski†,C.Tucker§, and J. Robins‡ ABSTRACT A survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of helminth infections in spent broiler breed- ers. Intestinal tracts from 10 birds from each of five farms were obtained and examined for parasite identification and quantification. Heterakis gallinarum infections were the most common, followed in order of decreasing incidence by Capillaria obsignata, Ascaridia galli, and Raillietina cesticillus.