Lousy chicks: Chewing lice from the Imperial Shag, Leucocarbo atriceps
Forty-one imperial shag chicks were sampled for lice during the breeding season of 2014 in Punta León, Argentina. We found 2 lice species, Pectinopygus turbinatus infesting the body and Piagetiella caputincisum present in the oral cavity of the birds. This constitutes the first host record for P. tu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224417300597 |