Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island

Scavenging chicken or ‘ayam kampung’ is of a dual-purpose type, reared for both its meat and eggs. ‘Ayam kampung’ meat is preferred by most consumers, probably due to its specific texture and taste. Most of the rural villagers raise the chickens in small flocks for subsistence, hobby or simply for p...

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Main Author:	Meor Termizi, Farah Haziqah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	L7-991 Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/43271/1/FARAH%20HAZIQAH%20MEOR%20TERMIZI.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.432712019-04-12T05:26:31Z Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island 2011-08 Meor Termizi, Farah Haziqah L7-991 Education (General) Scavenging chicken or ‘ayam kampung’ is of a dual-purpose type, reared for both its meat and eggs. ‘Ayam kampung’ meat is preferred by most consumers, probably due to its specific texture and taste. Most of the rural villagers raise the chickens in small flocks for subsistence, hobby or simply for pleasure. The chickens are left scavenging around the backyards and feed mainly on kitchen wastes, worms, snails, insects and vegetation. Thus, the parasitic infection is commonly high due to an increase opportunity to encounter the infective eggs, larvae, and intermediate hosts of parasites. The aims of this study were to examine the state of nutrition or body condition and the presence of internal and external parasites of 240 scavenging chickens (Gallus domesticus) obtained randomly from 12 divisions (Mukim) in Penang Island. 2011-08 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/43271/ http://eprints.usm.my/43271/1/FARAH%20HAZIQAH%20MEOR%20TERMIZI.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Pendidikan
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description	Scavenging chicken or ‘ayam kampung’ is of a dual-purpose type, reared for both its meat and eggs. ‘Ayam kampung’ meat is preferred by most consumers, probably due to its specific texture and taste. Most of the rural villagers raise the chickens in small flocks for subsistence, hobby or simply for pleasure. The chickens are left scavenging around the backyards and feed mainly on kitchen wastes, worms, snails, insects and vegetation. Thus, the parasitic infection is commonly high due to an increase opportunity to encounter the infective eggs, larvae, and intermediate hosts of parasites. The aims of this study were to examine the state of nutrition or body condition and the presence of internal and external parasites of 240 scavenging chickens (Gallus domesticus) obtained randomly from 12 divisions (Mukim) in Penang Island.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Meor Termizi, Farah Haziqah
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title	Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island
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title_fullStr	Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island
title_full_unstemmed	Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island
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Parasites Of Scavenging Chickens In Penang Island

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