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OCCURRENCE OF ECTOPARASITES ON A PEAFOWL (PAVO CRISTATUS, LINN.) IN TAMIL NADU

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Title OCCURRENCE OF ECTOPARASITES ON A PEAFOWL (PAVO CRISTATUS, LINN.) IN TAMIL NADU
 
Creator N. Jeyathilakan
D. Basheer Ahamad
B. Dhivya
J. Selvaraj
 
Subject Peafowl
Goniodes pavonis
Haemaphysalis sp
 
Description The present communication deals with concurrent infestation of lice and tick in a peafowl from Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu. External examination of the bird revealed presence of six lice and seven tick specimens. The ectoprasites were processed and examined under microscope. The lice and tick specimens were identified as Goniodes pavonis and nymphal stages of Haemaphysalis sp respectively. This is the first study to establish the concurrent infection of Goniodes pavonis and Haemaphysalis sp in peafowl from Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu and also first report of Goniodes pavonis in peafowl from India. 
 
Publisher Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
 
Date 2024-06-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVASR/article/view/152423
 
Source Indian Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Research; Vol. 53 No. 1 (2024): IJVASR Jan - Feb 2024; 87-90
2347-2774
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJVASR/article/view/152423/54727
 
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