Mallophaga species on long-legged buzzards (Buteo rufinus) in Turkey.

Abstract

This study was carried out on three long-legged buzzards to be brought for treatment to Veterinary Faculty, University of Kirikkale. Twenty lice were collected from the buzzards. The lice preserved in a tube containing of 70 % alcohol. They were mounted on slides separetely by using Faure Forte medium after cleared in lactophenol. Three species of lice: Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) maximum, Craspedorrhynchus platystomus, Colpocephalum nanum were determined in microscopical examination. Colpocephalum nanum was reported for the first time from long-legged buzzards in Turkey.