Isolation and diagnosis ectoparasite from Gallinula chloropus in AL-Diwaniyah city- Iraq

  • Lubna abdul-kader Al-Ibrahimi .
  • Sadiya Aziz Anah .
  • Zainab Lateef Khudhair3 .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29350/jops.2019.24.4.1019
Keywords: Key words: Ectoparasite ,Gallinula chloropus , Moorhen ,Iraq.

Abstract

    The  current  study  aims to  revealed the   infestation  of   ectoparasites  in Moorhen Gallinula chloropus .A total of 31 Moorhen are  collected  from different areas  of Al-  Diwaniyah city -Iraq   during  the period  from March 2016  to  July  2016 .  After examination,  the  results  showed 

the  total  infestation   of  ectoparasites is% 87.09 , five species  of  Biting lice  are isolated . They are :Incidifrons.fulica %38.70, Menacanthus stramineus %19.35, M.cornutus %12.90,Incidifrons.sp %12.90,Geniodes. and Gigas %3.22 .

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Published
2020-01-06
How to Cite
., L. abdul- kader A.-I., ., S. A. A., & ., Z. L. K. (2020). Isolation and diagnosis ectoparasite from Gallinula chloropus in AL-Diwaniyah city- Iraq. Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science, 24(4). https://doi.org/10.29350/jops.2019.24.4.1019
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Vol 24 No 4 (2019)
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