HEMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS DUE TO HELMINTHIC INFECTION IN THE COLUMBIA LIVIA

The preset study deals on the observation of hematological manifestation in Columbia livia due to mixed helminthic infection with cestode and nematode parasites. Out of 145 host birds examined, 85 were found infected with either singly or mixed infection. For study of effect on blood parameters only 41 (17 males and 24 females) birds were taken. The significant increase was observed in the size of RBC and number of WBC, MCV & MCH and however, reduction in the count of RBC, Hb, PCV in infected Gallus as compared with normal host bird. Thus, the haematological manifestations of the infected host bird Gallus gallus domesticus show that high infection (mixed ones) cause macroeytic anaemia, lymyohocytosis, etc due to deficiency of related factors.