Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Authors: | B. Dik, Marniche, F., Milla, A., Benbelcacem, H. |
Journal: | Turkish Journal of Parasitology |
Volume: | 40 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 211 - 214 |
Date Published: | Apr-01-2018 |
ISSN: | 13006320 |
Keywords: | Algeria, El Hamma zoological garden, Gazella leptoceros, Slender-horned gazelle, Tricholipeurus balanicus |
Abstract: | This study was performed to provide information on Tricholipeurus balanicus (Werneck 1938) detected on slender-horned gazelles (Gazella leptoceros) (Cuvier 1842). Four slender-horned gazelles kept in the El Hamma Zoological Garden in Algeria were examined for lice in April 2015. Three of the four gazelles were infested with lice; of 37 lice collected from the infested animals, 14 were females, 16 were males, and 7 were nymphs. Lice were mainly found on the back and hind legs of the gazelles. The lice were collected by a forceps, preserved in 70% alcohol, and cleared in 10% KOH for 24 h. Thereafter, they were rinsed in distilled water, transferred to 70% and 99% alcohol, mounted on slides in Canada balsam, examined under a binocular microscope, and identified as Tricholipeurus balanicus (Werneck, 1938). To the best of our knowledge, T. balanicus on G. leptoceros has been reported for the first time. |
URL: | http://www.turkiyeparazitolderg.org/ |
DOI: | 10.5152/tpd.10.5152/tpd.201610.5152/tpd.2016.4910 |
Short Title: | TurkiyeParazitolDerg |
Slender-horned gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), a new host for Tricholipeurus balanicus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Trichodectidae)
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