@article {96473,
	title = {POPULATION DIVERSITY OF CHEWING LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA)  INFESTING DUCKS AND GEESE (FAMILY ANATIDAE) IN  SOUTHEAST PARTS OF PAKISTAN},
	journal = {Pakistan Journal of Agriculture Agricultural Engineering and Veterinary Sciences},
	volume = {38},
	year = {2022},
	month = {Dec-29-2022},
	pages = {129-136},
	abstract = {<p><jats p="">\&nbsp; The birds and chewing lice relationship depends on environmental conditions that cause morbidity by feeding on feathers, irritating them, hence affecting their economic importance. In the present work, the statistical taxonomical analysis of the chewing lice was done using the population distribution, prevalence and host-parasite interaction. The chewing lice (Phthiraptera) were planned to study the population burden and infestation rate in ducks and geese in local water bodies in Sindh. The study was conducted between September 2018 and August 2021. Total of 124 birds, including Anas acuta, A. crecca, A. platyrhynchos, A. querquedula, Aythya ferina, A. fuligula, A. nyroca, Anser albifrons, A. anser, Marmaronetta angustirostris and Spatula clypeata were used. Amongst 124 host birds, only 58 birds were found infested with 46.77\% prevalence of chewing lice. A total of 405 chewing lice were collected among them 137 males, 178 females and 90 nymphs were recovered, including 8 species, Anaticola crassicornis (Scopoli, 1763), A. mergiserrati (de Geer, 1778), Anatoecous dentatus (Scopoli, 1763), A. icterodes (Nitzsch, 1818), Holomenopon fatemae (Naz and Rizvi, 2012), H. leucoxanthum (Burmeister, 1838), Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius, 1805) and T. qurequdulae (Linnaeus, 1758). The highest abundance and frequency (\%) of chewing lice recorded for Anaticola crassicornis were 125 and 30.86\% respectively, whereas the lowest for Anatoecus dentatus were 12 and 2.96\% respectively. Among birds, the highest host-wise prevalence of lice infestation was found in A. ferina (58.33\%), whereas the least prevalence was in A. albifrons (22.22\%). Among lice species, the highest mean intensity was recorded by Anaticola crassicornis (13.89\&plusmn;3.33) and the least mean intensity was for Holomenopon fatemae mean intensity (2.6\&plusmn;0.4). It was also the first collective report on the chewing lice population burden on anatid birds in the Sindh region of Pakistan.</jats></p>
},
	keywords = {Chewing lice, Holomenopon fatemae, intensity, Prevalence, seasonal variations},
	issn = {2663-7863, 1023-1072},
	doi = {10.47432/2022.38.2.5},
	url = {https://pjaaevs.sau.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/article/view/708},
	author = {Sajid Siyal and Naz,Saima and Birmani, Nadir Ali and Asma Kanwal Thebo}
}
@article {95974,
	title = {Contributions to the knowledge of the diversity of the chewing lice fauna in Turkey},
	journal = {Turkish Journal of Zoology},
	volume = {46},
	year = {2022},
	month = {Jan-01-2022},
	pages = {444-455},
	abstract = {<p>The aim of the study was to identify the chewing lice which were sampled from the birds found dead during ornithological studies in the natural areas of Samsun, and transported to the laboratory of Ondokuz May{\i}s University, Veterinary Faculty, Department of Parasitology, between 2018 and 2020. All samples were collected by ectoparasite examination. The collected lice specimens were preserved in tubes with 70\% alcohol. The specimens were cleared in 10\% KOH for 24 h before being mounted in Canada balsam and identified under the light microscope. A total of 35 species under 3 families were detected in this study: Menoponidae: Colpocephalum apivorus, C. impressum, C. nanum, C. napiforme, C. turbinatum, Colpocephalum sp., Pseudomenopon dolium, Kurodaia subpachygaster, Ciconiphilus cygni, C. decimfasciatus, C. quadripustulatus, Menacanthus agilis, M. curuccae, M. eurysternus, M. gonophaeus, M. stramineus, Menacanthus sp., Trinoton anserinum, T. querquedulae; Laemobothriidae: Laemobothrion maximum; Philopteridae: Anaticola crassicornis, A. mergiserrati, Anatoecus cygni, Anatoecus sp., Aquanirmus podicepis, Brueelia merulensis, Columbicula columbae, Cummingsiella ovalis, Degeeriella fulva, D. fusca, D. phlyctopygus, Craspedorrhynchus aquilinus, Incidifrons fulicae, Ornithobius cygni, Philopterus atratus, Saemundssonia lari, Strigiphilus cursitans, and Quadraceps punctatus. The first records for the fauna of Turkey are: Anatoecus cygni, Ciconiphilus cygni, Colpocephalum apivorus, C. napiforme, Kurodaia subpachygaster, Ornithobius cygni, and Philopterus atratus. As a result of this study, the number of chewing lice species (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, and Ischnocera) detected on birds in Turkey reached 195 species.</p>
},
	keywords = {birds, Chewing lice, Kurodaia subpachygaster},
	issn = {1300-0179},
	doi = {10.55730/1300-0179.3099},
	url = {https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol46/iss6/1/},
	author = {G{\"o}khan Eren and {\"O}mral {\"U}nsal {\"O}zkoc and A{\c c}ici, Mustafa}
}
