Occurrence of Neophilopterus tricolor (Burmeister, 1838) on a black stork (Ciconia nigra) in the Kizilirmak Delta, Turkey

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Açıcı M., Eren G., Ozkoc O. U., Ozturk M., Bölükbaş C. S.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.68, sa.2, ss.177-180, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.33988/auvfd.720717
  • Dergi Adı: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.177-180
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Black stork, Ciconia nigra, Neophilopterus tricolor, Philopteridae, Phthiraptera
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A dead black stork (Ciconia nigra) was found by an a birdwatcher in the Kizilirmak Delta near Samsun, Turkey and brought to the Parasitology Laboratory of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Ondokuz Mayis University for ectoparasitological examination in December 2019. During the examination, 45 specimens of chewing lice (21 males, 18 females and 6 nymphs) were collected. All of the specimens were identified as Neophilopterus tricolor (Burmeister, 1838) (Ischnocera: Philopteridae). Neophilopterus tricolor is reported from the black stork (C. nigra) for the first time in Turkey.