Ectoparasites Of Free Range Domestic Fowls In Oko Orumba North, L.g.a Of Anambra State.

AbstractThe ectoparasitic infestation of free range domestic fowls were surveyed between August and November, 2014. A total of 105 ectoparasites belonging to four species of two genera were collected. These were made up of three lice and one ixodid tick. The percentage occurrence of these parasites are: Menacanthus stramineus (50.5%), Rhipicephalus saguineus (29.5%), Damalinia ovis (12.4%) and Lipeurus caponis (7.6%). Lice were the most prevalent and predominant of the ectoparasites of the 35 free-range domestic fowls examined, 22 (62.9%) were infested. Among the fowls examined, 10 (28.6%) wer…