Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research
Open Access

Abstract

A Prevalence Study of Ectoparasites on the Long-Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) in Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Abd El-Aleem S.S. Desoky*, Fahmy AM and Abd-Allah MM

Samples of long eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus ) were collected from Sohag area, in the spring 2019 to be examined from parasitic infection at the Agricultural Animal Laboratory at the Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt. The study show that the long eared hedgehog that was infected by 2 ticks, Rhipicephalus turanicus, Hyalomma sp., and one of fleas, Leptopsylla segnis.

Published Date: 2019-12-04; Received Date: 2019-12-07