Asociații ectoparazitare la găini (gallus gallus domesticus) crescute în mod tradițional din Republica Moldova

Abstract

Parasitological research was conducted on 759 chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) from private farms in the Republic of Moldova during the years 2020-2024. Ectoparasites were collected from live birds using a new procedure, which is more informative (Luncașu M., Zamornea M. 2007), as well as classical methods according to Dubinina M., 1955. The collected material was subsequently examined using a MБC-9 magnifier (ob.14x2) and a Novex Holland B microscope (ob. 20-40 WF 10x Din/20mm) in the Parasitology and Helminthology Laboratory at the Zoology Institute of USM. It was determined that, in chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), 9 species of lice parasitize (Eomenacanthus stramineus, Cuclotogaster heterographus, Goniocotes gallinae, Goniocotes maculatus, Goniodes dissimilis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus pallidulus, Menacanthus cornutus, Lipeurus caponis), 2 species of fleas (Cheratophylus gallinae, Cheratophylus hirundinis), and 2 species of gamasid mites (Dermanyssus gallinae, Dermanyssus hirundinis). It was assessed that, in private households, the infestation of chickens with lice was up to 100% of cases, with fleas at 39.0%, and gamasid mites at 72.0% of cases.