INFESTATION OF GEESE (ANSER ANSER DOMESTICUS L.) FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA WITH ECTOPARASITES
Maria ZAMORNEA, Dumitru ERHAN, Ștefan RUSU, Olesea GLIGA, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Abstract
From geese (Anser anser domesticus L.) from the Republic of Moldova, 249 biological samples were collected.
Was established, their infestation with 8 species of malophages ((Trinoton querquedulae (Linnaeus, 1758), Trinoton
anserinum (Fabricius, 1805), Anatoecus adustus (Nitzsch in Giebel, 1874), Anatoecus icterodes (Nitzsch, 1818),
Anaticola crassicornis (Scopoli, 1763), Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus, 1758), Menopon obscurum (Piaget, 1880), Lipeurus caponis (Linneus, 1758)), one species of gamasid mites (Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer, 1778) and one
species of argasid ticks (Argas persicus (Oken,1818)). Of the species established in geese, one species of mite (Lipeurus caponis) is common to domestic and wild Gallinaceae, 2 species of mites: Argas percicus - parasitizes wild and
domestic gallinaceae, and the species Dermanyssus gallinae - is common to several species of domestic, wild birds
and mammals, including humans.
Keywords: geese, ectoparasites, infestations, malophagous, mites.
