A Prevalence Study of Ectoparasites on The Long-
Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus Auritus) in Sohag
Governorate, Egypt

Abd El Aleem SS Desoky; AM Fahmy; MM Abd Allah

Review Article

A Prevalence Study of Ectoparasites on The Long- Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus Auritus) in Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Abd El Aleem SS Desoky₁*, AM Fahmy₂ and MM Abd Allah₃

¹Plant protection Department (Agricultural Zoology), Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt

²Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Egypt

³Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt

Corresponding Author

Received Date: September 11, 2019; Published Date: September 25, 2019

Abstract

Samples of long eared hedgehog Hemiechinus auritus were collected from Sohag area, in the spring 2019. The study shows that the long-eared hedgehog that was infected by 2 ticks, Rhipicephalus Turanicus, Hyalomma sp., and one of fleas, Leptopsylla segnis.

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Abd El Aleem SS Desoky, AM Fahmy, MM Abd Allah. A Prevalence Study of Ectoparasites on The Long-Eared Hedgehog (Hemiechinus Auritus) in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. World J Agri & Soil Sci. 3(2): 2019. WJASS.MS.ID.000559.