title: Slender-horned gazelle (Gazella leptoceros), a new host for Tricholipeurus balanicus (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Trichodectidae).
abstract: This study was performed to provide information on Tricholipeurus balanicus (Werneck 1938) detected on slender-horned gazelles (Gazella leptoceros) (Cuvier 1842). Four slender-horned gazelles kept in the El Hamma Zoological Garden in Algeria were examined for lice in April 2015. Three of the four gazelles were infested with lice; of 37 lice collected from the infested animals, 14 were females, 16 were males, and 7 were nymphs. Lice were mainly found on the back and hind legs of the gazelles. The lice were collected by a forceps, preserved in 70% alcohol, and cleared in 10% KOH for 24 h. Thereafter, they were rinsed in distilled water, transferred to 70% and 99% alcohol, mounted on slides in Canada balsam, examined under a binocular microscope, and identified as Tricholipeurus balanicus (Werneck, 1938). To the best of our knowledge, T. balanicus on G. leptoceros has been reported for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Selçuk University School of Veterinary, Konya, Turkey. bdik2005@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dik
authors.forename: Faiza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marniche
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milla
authors.forename: Houria
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benbelcacem
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology*; D000866:Antelopes / Q000469:parasitology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D058326:Ischnocera; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male