Insect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding period

Parasite

R. Hrabák¹  P. Harmat¹  P. Podzemný¹  I. Literák¹  O. Sychra¹ 

[1] Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences,Palackého 1-3,612 42 Brno,Czech Republic

关键词: Czech Republic;    spring migration;    Passeriformes;    birds;    Siphonaptera;    fleas;    Phthiraptera;    chewing lice;   

Others  :  808880
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2011181013

 received in 2010-04-13, accepted in 2010-09-29,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from the northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites during the pre-breeding period in 2007. Two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and Dasypsyllus (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), and 23 species of chewing lice belonging to the genera Ricinus, Myrsidea, Menacanthus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), Brueelia, Penenirmus, and Philopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) were found on 108 birds of 16 species. Distribution of insect ectoparasites found on wild birds during pre-breeding was compared with previous data from the post-breeding period. There was no difference in total prevalence of chewing lice in prebreeding and post-breeding periods. Higher prevalence of fleas and slightly higher mean intensity of chewing lice were found on birds during the pre-breeding period. There was a significant difference in total prevalence but equal mean intensity of chewing lice on resident and migrating birds.

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