Study three species of cestodes wormes in white cheeked bulbuls in Iraq

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Three cestodes parasites were isolated from the small intestine of the white cheeked bulbul .

These were ; Raillietine tetragona .

Allohymenolepis sp.

and Multiuterina sp.

These cestodes are first records of their presence in the bulbul , and the last two are new to Iraq .

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tetragona was the most common cestode parasite of the bulbul and occurred in good numbers throughout the year .

The percentage infection of the bulbuls by this parasite varied between 13% in winter and 20% in autumn .

The other two cestodes were few in numbers and their percentage occurrence was less than 2% throughout the year .