| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1980 |
| Authors: | J. P. Fabiyi |
| Journal: | Revue d'elevage et de medecine veterinaire des pays tropicaux |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 303 - 304 |
| Date Published: | 1980 |
| Keywords: | animals, bird diseases, Bird parasites, Lice Infestations/parasitology/veterinary, Lice/classification, Nigeria |
| Abstract: | In the course of examination of 620 grey-breasted helmet guineafowl (Numida meleagridis galeata) from variouos parts of Northern Nigeria, two species of lice namely Amyrsidea powelli and Cuclotogaster occidentalis, hitherto unreported from these birds were recovered. A. powelli was present in 78 p. 100 birds, reaching pathogenic proportions on occasions while C. occidentalis was present in 17 p. 100 with all infestations being low. |
| URL: | http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/45612.pdf |
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