SURVEY AND PREVALENCE OF LICE INFESTATION THE CHICKEN (Gullas gallus domesticus) IN KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ

MOHAMMED  ALBADRANI; SHAMAL  ALMUFFTI

doi:10.26682/sjuod.2020.23.1.3

MOHAMMED ALBADRANI Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
SHAMAL ALMUFFTI Dept. of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/sjuod.2020.23.1.3

Keywords: KEYWORDS: Gullas gallus domesticus, Lice infestation, Chickens and Kurdistan Region/Iraq.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Two hundred local chickens were examined outdoor for collecting chicken's chewing lice from October 2017 to July 2018. The study area comprised three main governorates (Duhok, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah) with three areas were selected randomly for each governorate. Lice were collected by picking hand and no toothed thumb forceps used. Samples stored into tubes containing ethanol 96%, then samples examined and identified by using a dissecting microscope. In the present study, the infection of local chicken with one or more lice was 42% (84/200), six species of lice were recorded and identified to: Menacantheus stramineus, Menopone gallinae, Goiocotes gallinae, Goniodes gigas, Goniodes dissimilis and Lipeurus caponus.

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