Seasonal variation of infestation rate with lice, tick and mite among rodents in certain Egyptian regions

ABSTRACT

Four species of mites [Ornithonyssus bacoti, Haemolaelaps glusgowi, Echinolaelaps echinolelaps and Dermanyssus gallinae], two species of ticks [Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Hyalomma dromedarrii] and one species of lice [Polyplax spinulose] were identified on rodents during 4 successive seasons [2005] trapped in five governorates [Suez, Menoufia, Giza, Damietta and Beni-Sewaf]. The rodents were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, Rattus rattus frugivourus, Acomys cahirinus and Mus musculus Rodents in Suez were the highly ecto-parasites infested ones