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Pest Species Associated at Farm Animals in Assiut
University, Egypt
Abd El-Aleem S.S. Desoky*; K. H. Abdel-Gwad**;
A. Maher Ali ** and A. A. Nafady***
*Plant
protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag
University
**Plant
Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture,
Assiut University
***
Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Assiut University
abdelalem2011@yahoo.com
Accepted 18 January 2015
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This study aims to survey the farm animal pests, in
addition to the farm animal ectoparasites and survey
the rodent species and their ectoparasites, the
pests of the animal manure were estimated also. The
rodent species were surved by trapping in the animal
farm, Assiut University during 2007-2010 recorded
species were the white belled rat, Rattus rattus
frugivorus represented by 52.86%, the grey
bellied rat Rattus rattus alexandrinus 28.74%
and the Nile grass rat Arivcanthis niloticus
18.4%. Adult stages of flies found in animal
production farm were Musca domestica, Muscina
conicularis, Stomoxys calcirons, Tubana sp,
Sarcophaga sp, and Phormia regina
in addition to a single of mosquitoes, culex
sp. The animal body surfaces were suffered
with infestation of certain pests (i.e., lice on
buffalo's fleas on sheep and ticks on cattle body
surfaces).In soil of the husbandry animals, the
recorded ectoparasites were Amblyomma sp,
Haemophysalis sp, Pullex irritans and
Xenopsylla cheopis from cattle sheds and
Sarcoptes sp., the oriental flea
Xenopsyllae cheopis and
Sarcoptes
sp., from sheep-sheds. Four species of mites
were: Amerosieus sp., Hypoaspis smithii,
Glycyphagus sp., and Tarsonemus sp.,
one species of hard tick, Haemaphysalis
sp., a single species of fleas, Xenopsylla
cheopis and a single species of lice,
polyplax spinulosa were educed from rodent
burrows. While on rodent species body surface. Eight
species of mites; three species of fleas and two
species of lice, collected from the body
surface of certain rodent species.
Keywords:
Ectoparasites, Rodent species, Mite species,
Sarcopties, Hard ticks, Animal manure.
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