title: First record of chewing louse Heterodoxus spiniger (Insecta, Phthiraptera, Boopidae) on stray dogs from northern region of Egypt.
abstract: Heterodoxus spiniger is a rare chewing louse; infest dogs and occasionally cats with expanding geographical distribution. This preliminary report is aimed to record infestation of stray dogs in Kafr El-Sheikh city, Egypt by H. spiniger. Two dogs out of 10 were naturally infected with H. spiniger. This report is the first to demonstrate H. spiniger infestation on dogs in northern regions of Nile-delta of Egypt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Khalafalla
mesh_terms: D058325:Amblycera / Q000254:growth & development*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D004534:Egypt; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*