Mites associated with some domestic and wild birds in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate | ||
| Journal of Pest Control and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2025, Pages 47-56 PDF (131.27 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpces.2025.460146 | ||
| Author | ||
| A. M. Soliman* | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Mites associated externally with some of the common domestic and wild birds were surveyed in different habitats in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. The chicken (Gallus gallus), the duck, (Anas sp.) and the pigeon (Columba livia) were chosen to represent the domestic hosts, while the bulbul (Pyconotus barbatus), the common crow (Corvus corone) and Crested lark, Galerida cristata were selected to represent the wild hosts. Most birds are infested with different mites, which gradually increased among breeding season months. Generally, it could be concluded that 18 different species of mites were collected from domestic and wild birds mentioned before. These species belong to 3 different suborder and 12 families. Out of the numbers, 8 species belong to S.O. Astigmata and represent 5 families, while 6 and 4 species belonging to each of the Mesostigmata and prostigmata, respectively and representing four and three families in the two suborder, respectively. The incidence and rate of infestation of birds with different mite species during the present investigation were also recorded throughout months of breeding season 2005 (March-August). Data also revealed that the highest percent of infestation was recorded in Columba livia (85.7 %) followed by Gallus gallus (72.4 %) while Pyconotus barbatus was the lowest one (26.2 %). Number of mites associated with all hosts fluctuated among breeding season moths and gradually increased among breeding season to reach the maximum at the end of season (July, August), while the lowest numbers of mites / bird were recorded in March. On the other hand, the highest average number of mites was recorded in the samples collected from Columba livia (37.4 mites / bird) followed by Gallus gallus (23.3 mites / bird) and Pyconotus barbatus (12.1 mites / bird). Also, birds differ according to the number of mites inhabiting them among breeding season months. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Mites; domestic; wild; birds | ||
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