Table-4.
Distribution of lice of chickens farmers in the two study regions (North-eastern of Algeria).
| Lice species | Mila | Souk-Ahras | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of infested chickens and rate infestation (%) | Lice number | Relative abundance (%) | Parasitic burden | Number of infested chickens and rate infestation (%) | Lice number | Relative abundance (%) | Parasitic burden | |
| M. gallinae | 31 (100) | 1875 | 58.4 | 60.5 | 22 (68.7) | 1583 | 79.1 | 71.9 |
| M. stramineus | 24 (77.4) | 1128 | 35.1 | 47 | 2 (6.2) | 16 | 0.8 | 8 |
| L. caponis | 3 (9.7) | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | 7 (21.8) | 78 | 3.8 | 11.1 |
| C. meleagridis | 6 (18.7) | 317 | 15.8 | 52.8 | ||||
| G. gigas | 1 (3.2) | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 3 (9.3) | 7 | 0.35 | 2.3 |
| G. gallinae | 20 (64.5) | 186 | 5.8 | 9.3 | ||||
| M. pallidulus | 4 (12.9) | 8 | 0.25 | 2 | ||||
| G. dissimilis | 3 (9.7) | 3 | 0.09 | 1 | ||||
| C. heterographus | 1 (3.2) | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | ||||
| M. cornutus | 4 (12.9) | 6 | 0.19 | 1.5 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 3211 | 61.6 | 100 | 22 | 2001 | 38.4 | 90.9 |
M. gallinae=Menopon gallinae, M. stramineus=Menacanthus stramineus, L. caponis=Lipeurus caponis, C. meleagridis=Chelopistes meleagridis, G. gigas=Goniodes gigas, G. gallinae=Goniocotes gallinae, M. pallidulus=Menacanthus pallidulus, G. dissimilis=Goniodes dissimilis, C. heterographus=Cuclotogaster heterographus