TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Presence of Chewing Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) Species on Wild Quails 
  (<I>Coturnix coturnix</I>)
AU - Aksin, Nursel 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 9
IS  - 9
SP  - 1377
EP  - 1379
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2010.1377.1379
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.1377.1379
KW  - C. cinereus
KW  -Chewing lice
KW  -quai
KW  -Coturnix coturnix
KW  -M. abdominalis
KW  -G. astrocephalus
KW  -Turkey
AB  - This research was conducted to determine species of chewing lice (Phithiraptera) on wild quails (<I>Coturnix coturnix</I>). For this purpose, 30 wild quails obtained in different areas of Elazig province (the Eastern Anatolian region) of Turkey in 2006 and 2008 during the hunting season between August-October were examined in terms of ectoparasites. It was established that 19 (63.33%) wild quails were infested with at least one chewing lice species. A total of 53 chewing lice were collected from the infested quails and the diagnosis of them led to the discovery of three different species. Of the infested quails, 6 (31.58%) were found to have <I>Menacanthus abdominalis</I>, 12 (63.15%) were found to have <I>Cuclotogaster cinereus</I> and 1 (5.27%) was found to have <I>Goniodes astrocephalus</I>. In this study, the evidence of <I>Menacanthus abdominalis</I>, <I>Goniodes astrocephalus</I> and <I>Cuclotogaster cinereus</I> on wild quails is reported for the first time in Turkey.
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