Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
First record of chewing louse Heterodoxus spiniger (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Boopidae) on stray dogs from northern region of Egypt.
- Journal:
- Tropical biomedicine
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Sultan, K & Khalafalla, R E
- Affiliation:
- Department of Parasitology
Abstract
Heterodoxus spiniger is a rare chewing louse; infest dogs and occasionally cats with expanding geographical distribution. This preliminary report is aimed to record infestation of stray dogs in Kafr El-Sheikh city, Egypt by H. spiniger. Two dogs out of 10 were naturally infected with H. spiniger. This report is the first to demonstrate H. spiniger infestation on dogs in northern regions of Nile-delta of Egypt.
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