01713nas a2200181   4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260001300190300001200203490000700215520107200222653002001294653001701314653002801331100002901359700002901388856011401417       2019                        eng d00aChewing lice parasitic on migratory aquatic birds in Al- Delmaj marsh/ Iraq0 aChewing lice parasitic on migratory aquatic birds in Al Delmaj m  cMay 2019  a555-5590 v133 a<p>This study was conducted to detect the chewing lice infested migratory aquatic birds in Al-Dalmaj marsh during the period from October 2017 to March 2018, for this aim 154 birds specimens belonging to 11 bird species were examined for the chewing lice infestation. Results of the current study showed recorded nine species of ectoparasites were: Menacanthus stramineus (37.01%), Menacanthus corntus (18.18%) Menacanthus eurysternus (11.04%), Menopon gallinae (18.18%), Trinoton querquedulae (5.84%) Columbicola columbae (8.44%) Aaticola crasssicorins (3.90%), Fulicoffula gallinule (3.25%) and Saemundssonia lari (2.69%), two species of them recorded for the first time in Iraq were: M. eurysternus and T. querquedulae. No significant differences between males and females birds in infested with ectoparasites, while the infestation percentage of ectoparasites significantly decreased with weight increase at level (P &le; 0.05). The double infestation was the highest with a significant difference followed by single infestation then the triple infestation.</p>
10aAl-Dalmaj marsh10aChewing lice10amigratory aquatic birds1 aAl-Aredhi, Hussam, Saeed1 aAl-Mayali, Hadi, Madlool  uhttp://www.ejobios.org/article/chewing-lice-parasitic-on-migratory-aquatic-birds-in-al-delmaj-marsh-iraq-6242