Most frequent nematode parasites of artificially raised pheasants (Phasianus colchicus L) and measures for their control

Abstract

Helminthoses have an important role in the pathology of artificially raised game pheasants. During the period 1997-2002. we examined a total of 1893 pheasant poults aged from 4 to 14 weeks and 1432 adult birds at several pheasanteries in Serbia. The following nematode species were found: Syngamus trachea, Ascaridia galli, A. columbae, Heterakis gallinarum, H. isolonche Capillaria gallinae (sin. C. caudinflata), C. columbae (sin. C. obsignata) and C. phasianis. The intensity of infection in total was not high, except for infection with ascaridata and gapeworms, and depended of age of the examined birds. Consisting of anthelmintic drugs mixed with meal gave the most favourable results in therapy on rhe medicated food

Investigation into diseases in free-ranging ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in northwestern Germany during population decline with special reference to infectious pathogens

“…(Bencina et al 2003;Floristean et al 2002;Goldová et al 2006), Syngamus trachea (Gethings et al 2015), Ascaridia spp. (Pavlovic et al 2003), Heterakis spp. (Draycott et al 2000;Pavlovic et al 2003), and Coccidia spp.…”

“…(Pavlovic et al 2003), Heterakis spp. (Draycott et al 2000;Pavlovic et al 2003), and Coccidia spp. (Ruff 1999) may cause reduced fitness or increased mortality in captive pheasants and occur in free-ranging pheasants as well.…”

Risk Assessment of Human Consumption of Meat From Fenbendazole-Treated Pheasants

“…Depending on the severity of the parasitic infection, morbidity and mortality can be quite high in pheasants, among other game birds (4). The most prevalent nematode in pheasants is Syngamus trachea (5). Two studies evaluating captive pheasants showed prevalences of 0.51 (6) and 0.37 (5) of S. trachea.…”

“…The most prevalent nematode in pheasants is Syngamus trachea (5). Two studies evaluating captive pheasants showed prevalences of 0.51 (6) and 0.37 (5) of S. trachea. The anthelmintic treatment currently approved for pheasants is thiabendazole (7), and both fenbendazole and thiabendazole have shown efficacy against adult and immature stages of some helminths.…”