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STUDIES ON SOME PARASITIC FAUNA OF CATTLE EGRET (BUBULCUS IBIS) IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH GOVERNORATE

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Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology.

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The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence and description of parasites infecting cattle egret(B. ibis)in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate.Theobtainedresultsshowed that the overall prevalence of theparasiticfaunaamongcattleegretwas87.3%andthemost prevalent species was Nematodes followed by Digenetic trematodes and finally the ectoparasitic one(lice)with their infection rates of 74.64%,67.60% and 42.25%, respectively. Also seven species of parasites (3 species of digenetic trematodes, 3 species of nematodes and one species of lice) were recovered from this study. The recordeddigenetic trematodeswasApharyngostrigeaibis(35.2%),Nephrostomum ramosum (18.3%) and Apatemon gracilis(14.1%), while the recovered nematodes were Synhimantus invaginatus (53.5%), Porrocaecum wui (12.7%) and Heterocheilus sp.(8.5%). The latter species was recorded for the first time in cattle egret, while the detected ectoparasitic one was Menaca-nthus stramineus. The morphological description of the detected parasites was completely studied and discussed.

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10.21608/kvmj.2004.112416

Keywords

Cattle Egret, parasitic fauna among, Nematodes, Digenetic trematodes

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M.A

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Harfoush

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Animal Health Research Institute (Kafr El-Sheikh regional Lab.)

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I.S.

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EL-Shahawy

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Animal Health Research Institute (Kafr El-Sheikh regional Lab.)

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A.Y.

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Metwally

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Animal Health Research Institute (Kafr El-Sheikh regional Lab.)

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2

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1

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16570

Issue Date

2004-03-01

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2004-01-01

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2004-04-01

Page Start

179

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194

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1687-1456

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2682-2954

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KVMJ_Volume 2_Issue 1_Pages 179-194.pdf

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Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal

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STUDIES ON SOME PARASITIC FAUNA OF CATTLE EGRET (BUBULCUS IBIS) IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH GOVERNORATE

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22 Jan 2023