Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt
Salah Eldein, H., Abd El- Aal, A., Kamel, A., Gamal- Eldein, M. (2015). Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 20(2), 95-105. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2015.64601
hmed Salah Eldein; Ahmed Abd El- Aal; Atef Kamel; Mohamed Gamal- Eldein. "Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 20, 2, 2015, 95-105. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2015.64601
Salah Eldein, H., Abd El- Aal, A., Kamel, A., Gamal- Eldein, M. (2015). 'Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 20(2), pp. 95-105. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2015.64601
Salah Eldein, H., Abd El- Aal, A., Kamel, A., Gamal- Eldein, M. Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2015; 20(2): 95-105. doi: 10.21608/scvmj.2015.64601

Prevalence of External Parasites in Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) in Egypt

Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ
Article 8, Volume 20, Issue 2, December 2015, Page 95-105  XML PDF (1.1 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/scvmj.2015.64601
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Authors
hmed Salah Eldein* 1; Ahmed Abd El- Aal2; Atef Kamel3; Mohamed Gamal- Eldein1
1Department of Wildlife and Zoo Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University
2Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University
3Department of Wildlife and Zoo Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University
Abstract
The present study was aimed to determine the ectoparasites infested the cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) and its role in maintenance of such parasites in nature or transmission of these parasites to other species of wild and domestic birds especially after dramatic increase of cattle egret's population inside the urban areas. During this study, a total of 106 cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) were examined for the detection of external parasites of which 5 species ectoparasites; two lice, one tick larvae, one flea and one dipteran fly were detected. The detected ectoparasites were two lice sprcies Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus (67.92%) and Menopon gallinae  (45.28), one tick Argas persicus larvae  (11.32), one fly Pseudolynchia sp.  (9.43%) and one flea Ctenocephalides canis (1.88 %). Five factors (habitat, area of collection, sex, age and season) affecting the prevalence of these parasites in cattle egrets were studied.
Keywords
External Parasites; prevalence; Cattle Egret; Egypt
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