Ectoparasites of Domestic Pigeons in Area of Bangkok Metropolitan

Authors

  • Arkom Sangvaranond Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

ectoparasites, prevalence, domestic pigeons, Bangkok

Abstract

Ectoparasites were collected from 321 adult domestic pigeons, 1-2 years old, from various areas of Bangkok during 1992. Eight genera and species of these ectoparasites were identified and results were as follows : 5 species of biting lice (Colpocephalum spp; Menacanthus spp: Columbicola columbae; Lipeurus caponis; Goniocotes spp.); 2 species of feather mites (Megninia columbae; Pterophagus spp.) and 1 species of fly (Pseudolynchia canariensis).

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Published

1994-06-30

How to Cite

Arkom Sangvaranond. 1994. “Ectoparasites of Domestic Pigeons in Area of Bangkok Metropolitan”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 28 (2). Bangkok, Thailand:243-47. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241399.

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (1994): April-June

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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