title: Mallophaga species on long-legged buzzards (Buteo rufinus) in Turkey.
abstract: This study was carried out on three long-legged buzzards to be brought for treatment to Veterinary Faculty, University of Kirikkale. Twenty lice were collected from the buzzards. The lice preserved in a tube containing of 70 % alcohol. They were mounted on slides separetely by using Faure Forte medium after cleared in lactophenol. Three species of lice: Laemobothrion (Laemobothrion) maximum, Craspedorrhynchus platystomus, Colpocephalum nanum were determined in microscopical examination. Colpocephalum nanum was reported for the first time from long-legged buzzards in Turkey.
authors.affiliation: Selçuk Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Parazitoloji Anabilim Dali, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dik
authors.forename: Meral Aydenizöz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ozkayhan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008003:Phthiraptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology