STUDIES ON SOME PARASITIC FAUNA OF CATTLE EGRET (BUBULCUS IBIS) IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH GOVERNORATE | ||
| Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2004, Pages 179-194 PDF (659.53 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/kvmj.2004.112416 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M.A Harfoush* ; I.S. EL-Shahawy; A.Y. Metwally | ||
| Animal Health Research Institute (Kafr El-Sheikh regional Lab.) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence and description of parasites infecting cattle egret(B. ibis)in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate.Theobtainedresultsshowed that the overall prevalence of theparasiticfaunaamongcattleegretwas87.3%andthemost prevalent species was Nematodes followed by Digenetic trematodes and finally the ectoparasitic one(lice)with their infection rates of 74.64%,67.60% and 42.25%, respectively. Also seven species of parasites (3 species of digenetic trematodes, 3 species of nematodes and one species of lice) were recovered from this study. The recordeddigenetic trematodeswasApharyngostrigeaibis(35.2%),Nephrostomum ramosum (18.3%) and Apatemon gracilis(14.1%), while the recovered nematodes were Synhimantus invaginatus (53.5%), Porrocaecum wui (12.7%) and Heterocheilus sp.(8.5%). The latter species was recorded for the first time in cattle egret, while the detected ectoparasitic one was Menaca-nthus stramineus. The morphological description of the detected parasites was completely studied and discussed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cattle egret; parasitic fauna among; Nematodes; Digenetic trematodes | ||
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