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Insect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding period

Parasite, 2011
Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from the northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites during the pre-breeding period in 2007. Two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae),
Sychra O., Literák I., Podzemný P., Harmat P., Hrabák R.   +4 more
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Composition and Distribution on a Host of Avian Lice of White Storks in North-Eastern Algeria

Diversity, 2022
The diversity and spatial distribution of ectoparasites of a large colony of white stork Ciconia ciconia at Dréan, in north-eastern Algeria, were investigated during two consecutive breeding seasons.
Laïd Touati, Mohammed Athamnia, Riad Nedjah, Abdennour Boucheker, Farrah Samraoui, Hamed A. El-Serehy, Boudjéma Samraoui   +6 more
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Comparative tests of ectoparasite species richness in seabirds [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The diversity of parasites attacking a host varies substantially among different host species. Understanding the factors that explain these patterns of parasite diversity is critical to identifying the ecological principles underlying ...
Joseph Hughes, Page, R.D.M., Roderic DM Page, Page Roderic DM, Hughes, J., Hughes Joseph   +5 more
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Some Aspects of Infestation of Chewing Lice Parasitizing Chickens and Pigeons in Basrah Province, Iraq. [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research
Poultry is infected with many external parasites, chewing lice is the most important of those parasites. It attacks poultry, especially in rural and local free farms.
Alaa Hatem
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New record of the chewing louse Myrsidea dissimilis (Kellogg, 1896) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) parasitizing a Purple Martin, Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Amazonas, Brazil

Entomological Communications, 2023
The chewing lice are obligatory ectoparasites of birds and mammals distributed worldwide. From an expedition to Comaru Island, Brazilian Amazon, a chewing louse parasitizing a Purple Martin [Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)], a Neotropical migrant, was ...
Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Isabella P. Pesenato, Ramiro D. Melinski, Clarissa O. Santos, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Darci M. Barros-Battesti, Fernando C. Jacinavicius   +6 more
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Ectoparasitoses of domestic and productive animals and ways to defend [PDF]

Науковий вісник ветеринарної медицини, 2020
The materials of the presented research cover the issues of entomoses prevalence in domestic and productive animals, determining the eff ectiveness of synthetic pyrethroids insecticides to ectoparasites of the following species: swine lice, canine and ...
Artemenko L., Goncharenko V., Bukalova N., Bakhur T., Antipov A., Lyasota V., Litvinenko O., Bilan A.   +7 more
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Phthiraptera of Canada [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
There are approximately 463 species of parasitic lice recorded in Canada, in three suborders: Amblycera, six families; Ischnocera, two families; Anoplura, eight families.
Terry D. Galloway
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Morphological variation of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from different skua taxa

, 2000
The lice, Haffneria grandis and Saemundssonia were extracted from their hosts, skuas (Aves: Stercorariidae). Lice were extracted from dead birds by combing feathers, while lice from live birds were extracted using a delousing chamber containing ...
Furness, Robert, Cusack, M., Ramli, R., Ramli, Rosli, Cusack, Maggie, Curry, G.B., Furness, R.W., Curry, Gordon B   +7 more
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Restricted Geographic Sampling Yields Low Parasitism Rates but Surprisingly Diverse Host Associations in Avian Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from South Texas

Diversity, 2021
South Texas is a highly variable region encompassing multiple habitat types and harboring a wide diversity of organisms. However, the parasite fauna in this region is poorly known, especially for avian ectoparasites such as lice.
John P. Pistone, Jessica E. Light, Tyler A. Campbell, Therese A. Catanach, Gary Voelker   +4 more
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First Recorded Felicola (Suricatoecus) vulpis (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) Infestation in a Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Turkey

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2021
Ectoparasite infestation was detected in a macroscopic examination of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) that was brought dead to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ondokuz Mayıs University Collected tick, lice and flea samples were ...
Gökhan Eren, Ali Tümay Gürler, Elif Burcu Gençay Topçu, Tuğçe Tuygun, Mustafa Açıcı   +4 more
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