Determination of Sheep Ectoparasites Fauna in El Monshah District, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2017
Authors:A. E. - A. S. S. Desoky
Journal:International Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry
Volume:4
Issue:6
Pagination:9-11
Date Published:Sept 2017
ISSN:2394-5907 (Print), 2394-5915 (Online)
Keywords:Culex pipenes. Pulex irritans, musca domestica, Sarcophaga sp., Xenopsyllae cheopis
Abstract:

The present work was aimed to identify Ectoparasites Fauna of Houses Sheep sheds at El Monshah District, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. during 2016-2017 year. The results were revealed the presence of seven Ectoparasites infested with various species from insects and mites, included that three species of Flies were Musca domestica, Muscina canicularis & Sarcophaga sp; one of Mosquitoes was Culex pipenes ; two of fleas were Pulex irritans & Xenopsyllae cheopis. While The study of ectoparasite from acari show that one species of mites Sarcoptes scabies infested some houses sheep farm.

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