Studies on some parasitic fauna of cattle egret (bubulcus IBIS)‎ in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate

Abstract EN

The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence and description of parasites infecting cattle egret (B.

ibis) in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate.

The obtained results showed that the overall prevalence of the parasitic fauna among cattle egret was 87.3 % and the most prevalent species was Nematodes followed by Digenetic trematodes and finally the ectoparasitic one (lice) with their infection rates of 74.64 %, 67.60% and 42.25 %, respectively.

Also seven species of parasites (3 species of digenetic trematodes, 3 species of nematodes and one species of lice) were recovered from this study.

The recorded digenetic trematodes was Apharyngostrigea ibis (35.2 %), Nephrostomum ramosum (18.3 %) and Apatemon gracilis(14.1 %), while the recovered nematodes were Synhimantus invariants (53.5 %), Porrocaecum wui (12.7 %) and Heterocheilus sp.(8.5 %).

The latter species was recorded for the first time in cattle egret, while the detected ectoparasitic one was Menaca-nthus strainers.

The morphological description of the detected parasites was completely studied and discussed.