Kumar Surendra, Ahmad Aftab, Ali Rehmat, Kumar Vijay
Government P. G. College, Bilaspur, Rampur, U.P. India.
J Parasit Dis. 2017 Mar;41(1):117-119. doi: 10.1007/s12639-016-0760-y. Epub 2016 Mar 21.
An analysis of the crop contents of the poultry shaft louse, indicates that 67 % of adult males and 72 % of the adult females examined carried red content compatible to host blood, along with feather barbules. The percentage of nymphal instars carrying red content in the crop was quite low. On the basis of crop contents the louse does not seem to harbor any triturating agent and is also not involved in cannibalism or predation. SEM studies on the ventral side of head do not indicate the presence of any pointed structure which can be used to pierce the skin.
对家禽羽虱嗉囊内容物的分析表明，在所检查的成年雄性羽虱中，67%以及成年雌性羽虱中72%的嗉囊内容物呈红色，与宿主血液相符，同时还有羽小枝。若虫龄期羽虱嗉囊中含有红色物质的比例相当低。基于嗉囊内容物来看，这种羽虱似乎没有任何研磨剂，也不参与同类相食或捕食行为。对头腹侧的扫描电子显微镜研究未显示存在任何可用于刺穿皮肤的尖锐结构。
