Population characteristics of Brueelia sp. on certain Indian Finches
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Five kinds of finches were examined during 2004-06. Two kinds of finches were found infested with ischnoceran lice, Brueelia sp. (Prevalence-20.5%, mean intensity of infestation-4.7 and range of infestation, 1-23). The frequency distribution pattern of Brueelia sp. on Indian finches conformed to the negative binomial model. Sex ratio was skewed in favour of females and adults outnumbered the nymphs in natural population.
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Phthiraptera, Lice, Prevalence, Ischnocera, Amblycera, Mallophaga
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Chandra, S., Agarwal, G. P., Singh, S. P. N. and Saxena, A. K. (1990). Seasonal changes in a population of Menacanthus eurysternus (Mallophaga: Amblycera) on the common Myna, Acridotheres tristis. International Journal of Parasitology., 20, 1063-1065.
Clayton, D.H. and Drown D.M. (2001). Critical evaluation of five methods for quantifying chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Journal of Parasitology, 87, 1291-1300.
Gupta, N., Kumar, S., and Saxena, A. K. (2007). Prevalence and population structure of lice (Phthiraptera) on the Indian Red Avadavat. Zoolgical Science, 24:381-383.
Khan, V., Kumar, S., Gupta, N., Ahmad, A. and Saxena, A. K. (2008). Prevalence of phthirapteran ectoparasites on selected poultry in the district, Rampur (U.P.). Indian Veterinary Journal. 85:447-448.
Khan, V., S. Kumar, N. Gupta, A. Ahmad and Saxena, A. K. (2009). Prevalence of lice in pigeons. Indian Veterinary Journal, 86:531-532.
Lakshminaryana, K.V. (1979) A synoptic list of Mallophaga. Rec. Zool. Surv. India., 75:39-201.
Marshall, A. G. (1981). The ecology of ectoparasitic insects. Academic Press., London.
Price, R.D., Hellenthal, R.A., Palma, R.L., Johnson, K.P. and Clayton, D.H. (2003). The chewing lice: World checklist and biological overview. Illinois Natural History Survey special Publication., 1-501.
Rajput, S., Joshi, V. D., Gupta, N., Khan, V. and Saxena, A. K. (2009). Population dynamics of Phthiraptera on Indian Bank Myna, Acridotheres ginginianus. Entomon., 34 (2):99- 102.
Rekasi, J., Rozsa, L. and Kiss, B.J. (1997). Patterns in the distribution of avian lice (Phthiraptera : Amblycera, Ischnocera). Journal of Avian Biology. 28:150-156.
Rozsa, L., Reiczigel, J. and Majoros, G. (2000). Quantifying parasites in sample of hosts. Journal of Parasitology. 86: 228-232.
Saxena A. K., Kumar, S., Gupta, N., Mitra, J. D., Ali, S. A. and Srivastava, R. (2007). Distribution pattern of phthirapterans infesting certain common Indian birds. Journal of Parasitology., 93(4): 957-958.
Singh, S. K., Surman, Kumar, A. and Saxena, A. K. (1998). Population composition of four phthirapteran ectoparasites infesting blue rock pigeon Columba livia. Journal of Parasitic Disease., 22(2): 144-147.
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Population characteristics of Brueelia sp. on certain Indian Finches. (2011). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 3(1), 90-92. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v3i1.161
