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New Host Records of Parasites in the Malayan Red Jungle Fowl, Gallns gallus spadiceus

C.C. Lee and S.M. Amin-Babjee

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 16, Issue 2, August 1993

Keywords: New host records, parasites, Malayan red jungle fowl.

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Thirty species of parasites were recovered from seven adult male Malayan red jungle fowls Gallus gallus spadiceus from Ulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. Fifteen species of the parasites are newly recorded for this host; they are Pseudolynchia canariensis, Eimeria sp., Trichomonas gallinarum, Ascaridia galli, Capillaria annulata, Capillaria contorta, Cardiofilaria nilesi, Dispharynx spiralis, Gongylonema sp., Heterakis gallinarum, Tetrameres fissispina, Hymenolepis cantaniana, Raillietina cesticillus, Raillietina tetragona and Postharmostomum gallinum. The most common parasites are the nematode species of Heterakis and Capillaria.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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JTAS-0018-1993

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