@article {94895,
	title = {Prevalence and seasonal variation of mallophagan species (Phthiraptera) in free-range chickens from rural localities of oran, Algeria},
	year = {2014},
	abstract = {<p>A total of 192 free-range chickens was randomly collected from rural localities in the region of Oran (Algeria) and examined to detect the presence of Mallophagan species and their prevalence, mean intensity and seasonal variation. Eight species were recorded, Chelopistes meleagridis, Cuclotogaster heterographus, Goniocotes gallinae, Goniodes dissimilis, Goniodes gigas, Lipeurus caponis, Menacanthus cornutus and Menopon gallinae. Goniocotes gallinae was the most prevalent lice identified (95,31\%). The infection rate was higher in males compared to female chickens with a significant difference (P\&lt;0,05). The total number of Mallophagan species encountered was higher in winter season than in the other seasons.</p>
},
	keywords = {chickens, lice, Mallophaga, Oran, Traditional},
	url = {http://sjournals.com/index.php/SJAs/article/view/1205},
	author = {Ilyes Medjouel and Ahmed Benakhla and Kheira Senouci and Hanene Djelil and Fouzi Matallah}
}
@article {94894,
	title = {Prevalence and Distribution of Chewing Lice (Phthiraptera) in Free Range Chickens from the Traditional Rearing System in the Algerian North East, Area of El-Tarf},
	journal = {International Journal of Poultry Science},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2013},
	month = {2013},
	pages = {721 - 725},
	abstract = {<p>A study was carried out on 144 local chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), from rural area of El-Tarf to determine the prevalence of chewing lice (Phthiraptera). The overall prevalence rate was 100\% in the El- Tarf poultry. Nine different species of chewing lice were identified during this study: Menopon gallinae, Goniocotes gallinae, Lipeurus caponis, Goniodes dissimilis, Goniodes gigas, Menacanthus stramineus, Cuclotogaster heterographus, Menacanthus cornutus and Menacanthus pallidulus. Menopon gallinae (97.2\%) was the most prevalent lice identified. The mean intensity of lice in the area of El-Tarf was 172.5 per chicken. Menopon gallinae was the species which has the highest mean intensity of infestation (83.2\%). The distribution of nine chewing lice on poultry and their most preferred sites was determined.</p>
},
	keywords = {Algeria, Chewing lice, chickens, Phthiraptera, rural},
	issn = {16828356},
	doi = {10.3923/ijps.2013.721.725},
	url = {http://www.scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2013.721.725},
	author = {Ilyes Medjouel and Ahmed Benakhla and Kheira Senouci and Hanene Djelil and Fouzi Matallah}
}
