Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus)
of ecto- and endoparasites in one of the most common waterbird, the White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus). Twenty-two White-Breasted waterhen were caught in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. They were of mixed ages and gender. The feathers and skin were examined thoroughly for ectoparasite...
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| description | of ecto- and endoparasites in one of the most common waterbird, the White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus). Twenty-two White-Breasted waterhen were caught in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. They were of mixed ages and gender. The feathers and skin were examined thoroughly for ectoparasites and the gastrointestinal tracts, other internal organs (crop, proventriculus, kidney, heart, lungs, liver, brain and trachea), and faeces were examined for endoparasites. The Giemsa stained blood smears were examined microscopically for haemoparasites. The species of ectoparasites found in the study includes, the feather mites, Grallobia spp. detected in 100% of the birds. Other species of feather mites found, Megninia spp. were detected in 77.3% of the birds. The lice, Lipeurus spp. were found in 18.2% of the birds. Another species of lice which has yet to be identified were detected in 4.6% of the birds. Only one species of endoparasite, Capillaria spp. was found in 22.7% of the birds. One species of blood parasite was found in this study which is the Plasmodium spp., detected in 31.8% of the birds. |
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| spelling | upm-273152015-01-08T09:45:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27315/ Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) Jaafar, Nurfadnida Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin of ecto- and endoparasites in one of the most common waterbird, the White-Breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus). Twenty-two White-Breasted waterhen were caught in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. They were of mixed ages and gender. The feathers and skin were examined thoroughly for ectoparasites and the gastrointestinal tracts, other internal organs (crop, proventriculus, kidney, heart, lungs, liver, brain and trachea), and faeces were examined for endoparasites. The Giemsa stained blood smears were examined microscopically for haemoparasites. The species of ectoparasites found in the study includes, the feather mites, Grallobia spp. detected in 100% of the birds. Other species of feather mites found, Megninia spp. were detected in 77.3% of the birds. The lice, Lipeurus spp. were found in 18.2% of the birds. Another species of lice which has yet to be identified were detected in 4.6% of the birds. Only one species of endoparasite, Capillaria spp. was found in 22.7% of the birds. One species of blood parasite was found in this study which is the Plasmodium spp., detected in 31.8% of the birds. 2011-01-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27315/1/Proceedings%2042.pdf Jaafar, Nurfadnida and Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin (2011) Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus). In: 6th Seminar on Veterinary Sciences, 11-14 Jan. 2011, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia. . |
| spellingShingle | Jaafar, Nurfadnida Babjee, Shaik Mohamed Amin Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title | Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title_full | Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title_fullStr | Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title_short | Parasites of the White-Breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| title_sort | parasites of the white-breasted waterhen(amaurornis phoenicurus) |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27315/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/27315/1/Proceedings%2042.pdf |