Acarine infestation among domestic birds in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt

M M Fahmy; Nisreen E Mahmoud; Mai Abuowarda M

doi:10.4172/2574-2868-C1-003

Acarine infestation among domestic birds in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt

12^th Euro-Global Summit on Veterinary and Animal Sciences

October 11-12, 2018 Edinburgh, Scotland

M M Fahmy, Nisreen E Mahmoud and Mai Abuowarda M

Cairo University, Egypt

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Vet Med Surg

Abstract:

Poultry and their manufactured products constitute a valuable source of palatable protein food. External parasites of poultry particularly of Acarine species have great health and economic impacts on the poultry population and consequently their industry. Al Fayoum is one of the governorates in Egypt which is famous for raising birds at farms and households. In the present study, an examination of 1384 domestic birds of different species from Fayoum governorate, Egypt during 2016/2017 was conducted in order to identify the isolated Acarine species and investigate the rate of infestation among the examined bird species. Results revealed that 714 birds (51.59%) were infested with six Acarine species. Argas persicus recorded the highest rate of infestation (25.91%) and was isolated from Balady chickens, ducks and turkeys. Megninia columbae and Falculifer rostratus were isolated from pigeon, Balady chickens and turkeys with a rate of (12.52%) and (9.45%), respectively. In addition, Cnemidocoptes mutans and Ornithonyssus sylviarum were found to infest Balady chickens and turkeys (5.76% and 2.00%, respectively). The study concluded that bad hygiene measures are the main causative factors of spreading of the detected external parasitic agents.