Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Jan 1996)

ECTOPARASITES OF PIGEONS( COLUMBA LIVIA DONTESTICA ) IN THRISSUR , KERALA

  • K. Senthil Vel,
  • Madhavan Pillai

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 1
pp. 64 – 65

Abstract

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Four species of lice namely Columbicolacolumbae Menopon gallinae. Campanolotes bidentatus and Lipeurus caponis , two species of feather mites Megninia bakeri and Diplaegida columbae , an ixodid tick of Haemphysalissp. and the hippobseid Pseudolynchin canariensis were reported from 52 pigeons examined