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Biodiversity and Prevalence of Parasites of Rook (Corvus frugilegus) in Iran

Eslami A نويسنده , Meshgi B نويسنده , Rahbari S نويسنده , Ghaemi P نويسنده , Aghaebrahimi-Samani R نويسنده

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Background: Rooks are distributed all over Iran and no information is available in the literature on their parasitic infections. Methods: One hundred twenty five rooks were examined at post-mortem for parasitic infections. Results: Two species of cestodes, 5 species of nematodes and 4 species of protozoa were found of which all were new host and distribution record. Conclusion: Rooks have several parasites of which some are common with other domestic birds and some have zoonotic importance.

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