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Abstract: During the period from October 2001 till April 2002, a total of 102 aquatic birds, belonging to 14 species were collected from Bahr Al-Najaf depression, southwest of Al-Najaf city, Mid Iraq. These birds included Anas acuta, A. crecca, A. p…
Abstract: During the period from October 2001 till April 2002, a total of 102 aquatic birds, belonging to 14 species were collected from Bahr Al-Najaf depression, southwest of Al-Najaf city, Mid Iraq. These birds included Anas acuta, A. crecca, A. platyrhynchos, Aythya ferina, A. fuligula, A. nyroca, Fulica atra, Gallinula chloropus, Limosa limosa, Mareca penelope, M. strepera, Phoenicopterus roseusm, Spatula clypeata and Tadorna tadorna. These birds were infected with six species of trematodes (Australapatemon minor, Echinoparyphium recurvatum, Echinostoma revolutum, Notocotylus urbanensis, Podocotyle reflexa and Psilochasmus longicirratus), three species of cestodes (Diorchis americanus, Fimbriaria fasciolaris and Sobolevicanthus gracilis), two species of nematodes (Amidostomum acutum and Tetrameres sp.) and one acanthocephalan (Polymorphus boschadis).
