05356nas a2200325 4500008004100000022001400041245010500055210006900160260001600229300001000245490000700255520438300262653002204645653001804667653002604685653001004711653003304721653000904754653001704763653001504780653002104795653002404816100002004840700002104860700001804881700002104899700002204920700001504942856007304957 2024 eng d a2297-176900aChewing lice of wild birds in Iran: new data and a checklist of avian louse species reported in Iran0 aChewing lice of wild birds in Iran new data and a checklist of a cFeb-02-2024 a32 pp0 v103 a

Between September 2019 and December 2023, a total of 612 wild birds representing 16 orders, 33 families, 60 genera, and 78 species from nine provinces of Iran with different climates namely Hamedan (n = 54), Sistan-va-Baluchestan (n = 372), Kerman (n = 73), South Khorasan (n = 52), Mazandaran (n = 7), Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiari (n = 2), Gilan (n = 2), Golestan (n = 18), North Khorasan (n = 9), and Razavi Khorasan (n = 23) were examined for chewing lice infestation. Naked eye examination revealed that 58 birds (9.5%) were infested with at least one chewing louse species. Collected lice specimens belonged to 28 species from the families Philopteridae, Menoponidae and Laemobothriidae including Strigiphilus strigis (n = 55, 15.6%), Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus (n = 41, 11.6%), Craspedorrhynchus platystomus (n = 40, 11.3%), Colpocephalum turbinatum (n = 36, 10.2%), Laemobothrion maximum (n = 25, 7.1%), Nosopon lucidum (n = 20, 5.6%), Degeeriella fulva (n = 18, 5.1%), Colpocephalum eucarenum (n = 16, 4.5%), Laemobothrion vulturis (n = 15, 4.2%), Anaticola crassicornis (n = 13, 3.7%), Craspedorrhynchus aquilinus (n = 9, 2.5%), Degeeriella fusca (n = 7, 2.0%), Aegypoecus trigonoceps (n = 7, 2.0%), Quadraceps obscurus (n = 6, 1.7%), Colpocephalum impressum (n = 6, 1.7%), Trinoton querquedulae (n = 6, 1.7%), Colpocephalum heterosoma (n = 5, 1.4%), Colpocephalum nanum (n = 5, 1.4%), Lunaceps holophaeus (n = 4, 1.1%), Quadraceps spp. (n = 4, 1.1%), Actornithophilus uniseriatus (n = 2, 0.6%), Nosopon chanabense (n = 2, 0.6%), Actornithophilus cornutus (n = 1, 0.3%), Cuclotogaster heterographus (n = 1, 0.3%), Falcolipeurus suturalis (n = 1, 0.3%), Laemobothrion atrum (n = 1, 0.3%), Colpocephalum gypsi (n = 1, 0.3%), and Rallicola cuspidatus (n = 1, 0.3%). All of these species except six, i.e., Trinoton spp., C. aquilinus, L. vulturis, L. maximum, C. impressum, C. turbinatum, and C. heterographus are recorded for the first time from Iran. This study is the largest epidemiological study to date performed in the country. Data reported herein contribute to our knowledge about diversity of avian chewing lice from wild birds in Iran. In this paper, an updated checklist of louse species reported from Iran according to their avian hosts is presented.

10aAquila nipalensis10abirds of prey10aChewing louse species10afauna10ahost–parasite associations10aIran10aMiddle- east10aNew record10aSpatula clypeata10aSpatula querquedula1 aBahiraei, Zahra1 aSazmand, Alireza1 aKhedri, Javad1 aBabaei, Mohammad1 aMoeinifard, Erfan1 aDik, Bilal uhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1324619/full02681nas a2200313 4500008004100000022002500041245007400066210006900140260001600209300001400225490000700239520172500246653002701971653001501998653002602013653002802039653001702067653002302084653002102107653002502128653002602153653001102179653001502190100001802205700002602223700002002249700001502269856008302284 2022 eng d a0976-0555, 0367-672200aA Survey of the Ectoparasites Found on Wild Birds in Northwest Turkey0 aSurvey of the Ectoparasites Found on Wild Birds in Northwest Tur cMar-12-2022 a1059-10650 v573 a

Background: Turkey is home to various resident and migratory wild bird species. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ectoparasites found on 188 injured or rescued resident and migratory wild birds from Bursa and surroundings between 2015 and 2019.

Methods: Sampled birds were examined for different ectoparasites and all of the collected parasites were placed into tubes containing 70% ethyl alcohol. After mounting onto slides or fixing onto a plate, each parasite was identified to species using a light or stereo microscope.

Result: Results revealed that 88 (46.8%) of the examined wild birds were infested with one or two of 3 different species of ectoparasites. The species identified were 38 lice, three ticks and two flies. The lice were highly prevalent (40.4%) species than the flies (2.1%) and ticks (2.1%). The results also first geographically documented the lice and ked fly species as follows, with additional new host records: Fulicoffula gallinula and Pseudomenapon pilosum in the common moorhens (Gallinula chloropus); Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus in the grey heron (Ardea cinerea); Saemundssonia clayae in the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola); Ardeicola ixobrychae in the common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) and the ked fly as Ornithophila metallica in the Eurasian magpies (Pica pica) in Turkey. The study results provided valuable data on the ectoparasites living on migratory and resident bird species during their migration throughout northwest Turkey. Further research on the related pathogens that these ectoparasites harbor is in need.

10aActornitophilus piceus10aArdea alba10aChroicocephalus genei10aComatomenapon elongatum10aectoparasite10aIxobrychus minutus10aLarus cachinnans10aMeropsiella apiastri10aPseudomenapon pilosum10aSurvey10awild birds1 aGirisgin, Oya1 aGirisgin, Ahmet, Onur1 aCimenlikaya, N.1 aSaygin, B. uhttps://www.arccjournals.com/journal/indian-journal-of-animal-research/BF-1474