Biodiversity and prevalence of parasites of Rook [Corvus frugilegus] in Iran
Iranian Journal of Parasitology. 2007; 2 (4): 42-43
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-83076
ABSTRACT
Rooks are distributed all over Iran and no information is available in the literature on their parasitic infections. One hundred twenty five rooks were examined at post-mortem for parasitic infections. Two species of cestodes, 5 species of nematodes and 4 species of protozoa were found of which all were new host and distribution record. Rooks have several parasites of which some are common with other domestic birds and some have zoonotic importance
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Parasites
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Cestoda
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Prevalence
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Biodiversity
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Eukaryota
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Nematoda
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Language:
English
Journal:
Iran. J. Parasitol.
Year:
2007
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