@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}
}
