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Gastrointestinal parasite of aviary and pet birds in Urmia, Iran

In this survey four hundred and thirty four samples(210 canaries,163 greenfinch, 54 finch and 7 parrot) were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. The results indicated that infection to nematode eggs in parrot and greenfinch were 71.4% and 2.4% respectively. 47.6% of canaries were infected to Isospora canaria. The oocyst number in infected canaries were between 1- 20 and up to 650 oocyst in died birds.