@article {96571, title = {Taxonomic studies on chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Insecta) Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) collected from fowls (Amblycera: Menoponidae) from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan}, journal = {Pure and Applied Biology}, volume = {13}, year = {2024}, month = {Dec-10-2024}, pages = {398-406}, type = {Online}, abstract = {

Full title: Taxonomic studies on chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Insecta) Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) collected from fowls (Amblycera: Menoponidae) from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

The ectoparasite chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Insecta) Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) is generally called shaft louse of fowls.It is recurrently occuring ectoparasite with strong mandibles. The size of parasitic insect issmalland colour ispale yellow which differfrom other population of chewing lice of poultry birds.Itcauses many acute and chronic symptomsby its presence on hosts birds like dissatisfaction, disappointment, irritation, frustration and annoyance behaviors. The type hosts of Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) are Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) domestic fowl and Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) Guinea fowl. The research work was carried out during period January 2019 to March 2020. The data wascollected fromhosts Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) domestic fowl (breeds sonali and misri chickens) and Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) guinea fowl as new host and new locality records from the study area Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. It is common occuring chewing louseof poultry birds of small and medium size of galliform birds belongs to the family Phasianidae. The chewing louse Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758) was describedtaxonomically along with genital studies.The main purpose of the present study is to examine infestation and restlessnes of variety ofdomestic fowls because of parasitism with chewing louse which is always harmful for hosts. The study was design to investigate the species of chewing lice on poultry birds which are secondarry source of food by most of the peopleof Sindh province, Pakistan.

}, keywords = {Fowls, Gallus gallus domesticus, Genital studies, Hyderabad, Sindh, taxonomy}, issn = {2304-2478}, doi = {10.19045/bspab.2024.130035}, url = {http://www.thepab.org/files/2024/December-2024/PAB-MS-2401-003.pdf}, author = {Shaikh, Farheen and Naz,Saima and Birmani, Nadir Ali and Muhammad Hashim and Sachal Ali and Muhammad Ali} } @article {95975, title = {New Record of Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta) on Guinea Fowls (Aves: Galliformes) from Sindh, Pakistan}, journal = {Journal of Innovative Sciences}, volume = {8}, year = {2022}, month = {Jan-01-2022}, pages = {160-166}, abstract = {

The chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Insecta) are parasitic insects of variety of birds belonging to the large family of Phasianidae (Aves: Galliformes). The lice have strong mandibles with biting mouth parts and develop specific host-parasite relationship. They cause acute to chronic infestation to hosts directly. These parasitic insects are the source of various diseases, like flue, and also serve as a vector of some bacteria and helminthes parasites. Presently only one type of host, guinea fowl Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) was selected and examined for parasites examination, investigation, identification, population density, means and rate of infestation of from different urban and rural localities of Sindh, Pakistan. There were 15 guinea fowl Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) were captured and brought to the Parasitological laboratory of Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro. The study was carried out from April 2015 \–March 2016. Guinea fowls Numida meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) were sprayed with Permathrin (Coopex powder) and ket on white paper sheets for about 32-35 minutes. The fowls were checked time to time after 2 to 3 weeks. The chewing lice were collected hand picking methods with fine brushes and preserved in 70-75\% ethyl alcohol. The permanent microscopic slides with cover slips were prepared for final mounting in Canada balsam. At present 130 specimens were recovered and classified into 4 species which belongs to 3 genera. The species and their prevalence are 19.23\% for Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758), 23.84\% for Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsh, 1818), and 22. 30\% for Menacanthus abdominalis (Piaget, 1880) which belongs to the family Menoponidae and 34.61\% for Goniocotes gallinae (de Geer, 1776) which belongs to the family Philopteridae. All four species were reported first time as new host and new locality records from the study area. All species of chewing were described and compared with other related species and developed taxonomic key

}, keywords = {Chewing lice, Guinea fowl, Pakistan, revalence, taxonomy}, issn = {2411-2240}, doi = {10.17582/journal.jis/2022/8.2.160.166}, url = {http://researcherslinks.com/current-issues/New-Record-Chewing-Lice-Phthiraptera-Insecta-on-Guinea-Fowls/27/1/5427/html}, author = {Shaikh, Farheen and Naz,Saima and Birmani, Nadir Ali} }