Indian Journal of Veterinary Research (The)
Open Access
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue: 1

Occurrence of Liponyssoides sanguineus and Polyplax spinulosa on an albino rat in Puducherry

  • Author:
  • S.S. Das1, K. Rajkumar2, R. Sreekrishnan1, V.N. Rao3, D. Kumar1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 70 to 72

1Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kurumbapet, Puducherry-9

2Dept. of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kurumbapet, Puducherry-9

3Dept. of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kurumbapet, Puducherry-9

Online published on 25 September, 2012.

Abstract

Mite Liponyssoides sanguineus and louse Polyplax spinulosa are reported from rat (Rattus norvegicus) for the first time from Puducherry.

Keywords

Liponyssoides sanguineus, Polyplax spinulosa, Rattus norvegicus