Isolation and identification of some short cestodes infecting greater flamingo (phoenicopterus ruber roseus)‎ at Giza zoo, Egypt

الملخص EN

Investigation of the gastrointestinal tract of fifteen greater flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) at Giza Zoo, Egypt revealed that it was infected with five species of short cestodes belonging to three families of order Cyclophyllidea (two spp.

Belonging to F.Hymenolepididae, two spp.

Belonging to F.Progynotaeniidae and one sp.

belonging to F.

Metadilepididae).

The recoverd Hymenolepidean cestoda were Sobolevicanthus gracilis and Cladogynia phoeniconaiadis with prevalence rate 20 % for each while the detected Progynotaeniidean cestoda were Gynandrotaenia stammeri and Leptotaenia ischnorhyncha with infection rate 13.3 % for each.

Meanwhile, the only recorded Metadilepidean cestode was Yapolepis sp.

with prevalence 26.7 %.

The morphological features of those cestodes were discused.

This study provides the first record of S.

gracilis, G.

stammeri, L.

ischnorhyncha and Yapolepis sp.

In Giza Zoo, Egypt.