Changes in the Biochemical Parameters of Experimental Chicks Due to Ascaridia galli Infection

The W.L.H. chicks carrying A. galli infectioin showed ascridiasis and anemia. The biochemical responses such as glucose, protein, cholesterol, urea, acid phosphates and alkaline phosphatase level after 16 days and 32 days at low dose and high dose of infection were studied. The infection showed a significant increase in serum cholesterol and serum urea levels in all the experimental cases. The serum protein level and serum acid phosphates level decrease in all the cases of dose administered. The level of glucose and alkaline phospatase decreased after 16 days at low dose and high dose of infection and increased at the dose level after 32 days at low dose and high dose of infection. The infected chicks showed ascaridiasis and anemia. Key word: A. galli, WLH chicks, serum protein, glucose, cholesterol, urea, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and ascaridiasis. INTRODUCTION Biochemical status of a host plays an important role for various activities. Quite often prevalent disease have been found to generally decrease but sometime increases the biochemical parameters like serum protein and serum phosphatase etc. Besides parasites biochemical parameters could be altered by antibiotics, chemicals and pollutants. The parasitic infection disturbs the internal micro-environment of the host by inducing various biochemical. Pathological and immunopathological changes. Parasites also disturb the carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism of host [1] causing various diseases like anaemia, diorrhoea, dysentery and eosinophilia etc. Poultry industry has recently developed and most of the person depends on poultry protein. In chicken a very large nematode Ascaridia galli is frequently found. Nematode infectious effect maintain in two fold ways. 1. By directly parasitizing man and causing various disease. This in turn causes poor health. Retarded growth and in some cases death. 2. By infecting large number of domesticated animals affect the yield of milk, protein, eggs, leather and