Survey and Seasonal Distribution of the Rodents in El-
Kawther City, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Abd El Aleem SS Desoky; Ahmed A Sallam; Wael AM Radwan

Research Article

Survey and Seasonal Distribution of the Rodents in El- Kawther City, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Abd El Aleem SS Desoky¹ and Ahmed A Sallam¹ and Wael AM Radwan²

¹Plant protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Egypt

²Postgraduate student, Egypt

Corresponding Author

Received Date: March 14, 2019; Published Date: April 17, 2019

Abstract

The present work was aimed to identify of rodent species at the Experimental Station of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University in El-Kawther city, Sohag Governorate, Egypt for 2014-2016 years. The results were revealed the presence of three species of rats included the white bellied rat, Rattus rattus frugivorous the dominant species from, Rattus rattus alexandrines, the Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis Nilotic us. These results can be used to develop a future plan to develop an integrated rodent control program based on rodent species present.

Keywords: Rattus r. frugivorous; Rattus r. alexandrines; Arvicanthis niloticus; Rodent control

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Citation

Abd El Aleem SS Desoky, Ahmed A Sallam, Wael AM Radwan. Survey and Seasonal Distribution of the Rodents in El-Kawther City, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. World J Agri & Soil Sci. 2(1): 2019. WJASS.MS.ID.000527.