@article {95659,
	title = {Chewing lice parasitic on little egret Egretta garzetta birds collected from Al-Diwaniyah Province, Iraq},
	journal = {EurAsian Journal of BioSciences},
	volume = {14},
	year = {2020},
	month = {June 2020},
	pages = {1915-1918},
	abstract = {<p>This study was carried out to determine chewing lice species of Little egret (Egretta garzetta) birds for the period from April until July 2019 for this aim a total of 89 specimens were collected from different parts in Al-Diwaniyah province /Iraq. Five species of chewing lice recorded in this study were: Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus, Pseudomenopon pilosum, Ardeicola expallidus, Menopon galline and Austromenopon transversum. Results of this study showed no significant differences were recorded at (P \&ge; 0.05) between both genders of birds in infestation rate with chewing lice while a significant differences was recorded at (P\&le;0.05) in infestation type, the double infestation was the highest (47.05\%) followed by single and triple infestation rate (35.29) and (17.64) respectively.</p>
},
	keywords = {Al-Diwaniyah province, Chewing lice, Iraq, little egret},
	url = {https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=14\&sid=89d72914-109b-4e41-af7a-21ae2ec2e62f\%40redis\&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU\%3d$\#$AN=146289380\&db=a9h},
	author = {Hussam Saeed Al-Aredhi}
}
