New record of Haematotrephus nittanyense (Zeliff ,1946) Parasitized in the respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White tailed Plover Chettusia leucura birds in Thi Qar Province - Iraq

Authors

  • Sabeeh Al-Mayah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utjsci/v5i2.101

Keywords:

Cyclocoeloidae, Chettusia leucura

Abstract

Digenetic trematode, Haematotrephus nittanyense is isolated from respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus and White-tailed Plover Chettusia Leucurus,shot in Al- Chibayish marshes , Eastern of Thi
Qar province from December 2012 to November 2013 .The Prevalence in those birds are 17.03 , 2.15 % respectively .
Mean intensity of infection 2.8 , 1.2 respectively.. This trematode is recorded for the first time in Iraqi
birds,taxonomically described and illustrated.

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Published

2015-05-06

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

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New record of Haematotrephus nittanyense (Zeliff ,1946) Parasitized in the respiratory system of Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus and White tailed Plover Chettusia leucura birds in Thi Qar Province - Iraq. (2015). University of Thi-Qar Journal of Science, 5(2), 71-74. https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utjsci/v5i2.101