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Egyptian domestic birds of different sexes and va— riaties have been investigated for any po8sible varieliee of biting lice. The seasonal incidence, the distribution and preferable seates, morphological as well as the detected biological properties of theIn the student’s oocnor, tis phenomenon might be attributedto its natural aquatic environment where by swimmingin water most of its ectoparasites were possibly washed.In the pigeon, (Columba livia Linnaeus), seven species hadbeen isolated as Columbiocla colurabae Linnaeus, 1758;Hohorstiella lata (first record), Campanulotes bidentatuscompar Burmiester, 1838; Colpocephalum turbinatum Nitzsch(first record); I\Teocolpoceplaalum tux’binatum Denny, 1842;Bonomiclia colurnbae Emerson, 1957 and Degeeriella rufaBurmiester, 1838 (first record). ivIoreover, Menopon gaiiizcLinnaeus, 1758 occured as 72.5% in caicken and 10.9% inturkey attacking the shaft feathers in the two hosts aboutthe vent, the back and the breast; Menacenthus cornutusSchonimer, 1913 was 36% in chicken and 8.4 in the turkey atm.tcking the breast and the back areas; Cuciutogaster Iietor3—raphus Nitzsch, 1866 was 68% attacking head and neck (chicken)and 38% attacking large wing feather, of turkeys;Goniocotis gallinae De Geer, 1778 appeared in 38% and 2.9%arotmd the vent in chicken and turkeys respectively; Liotheum.itzsch 1806 collected from nearly the whole body of thefowl in the rate 0±’ 15%, Helonomus Ferris was 0.5% of the investigated geese.
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