Isolation and diagnosis ectoparasite from gallinula chloropus in Aldiwaniyah city-Iraq

الملخص EN

The current study aims to revealed the infestation of ectoparasites in Moorhen Gallinula chloropus .A total of 31 Moorhen are collected from different areas of Al- Diwaniyah city -Iraq during the period from March 2016 to July 2016 .

After examination, the results showed the total infestation of ectoparasites is% 87.09 , five species of Biting lice are isolated .

They are :Incidifrons.fulica %38.70, Menacanthus stramineus %19.35, M.cornutus %12.90,Incidifrons.sp %12.90,Geniodes.

and Gigas %3.22