title: Studies on the helminth parasites of birds from Egypt: 1-trematoda and cestoda.
abstract: A total number of 1019 wild birds were examined, of which 486 (49%) were found infected with one or more species of helminth parasites. Digeneans were recovered from 151 (15%) and cestodes from 249 (24%) birds. Out of 20 helminth species recovered, 10 were found new (7 trematodes and 3 cestodes). The prevalence and the effect of concurrent infection on the most frequently occurring helminth parasites were recorded and discussed. A review of all the trematode and cestode parasites previously described from the Egyptian birds was also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ashour
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001715:Bird Diseases; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004534:Egypt; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*