Infestation rate of tick,mite and lice among rodent species in Menoufia governorate,Egypt.

A preliminary survey of domestic rodent species and their ectoparasites tick,mite and lice was carried out in ten centers of menoufia (quesna,shebeen el-kom,berka el-saabe,el-bagour,el-shohada,tala,menoff,searth el-lian,ashmon and el-sadat) governorate. frequency of rodent species and ectoparasites indices (tick,mite and lice) were recorded in spring (2009). the main species of rodent was norway rat,rattus norvegicus,the grey-bellied rat,rattus rattus alexandrinus,the white-bellied rat,rattus rattus frugivorus and the house mouse,mus musculus. the common tick species attacking rodents were: rhipicephalus sp. and hyalomma sp. the common mite species attacking rodents were: dermanyssus sangineus,orithonysus bacoti,haemolaelaps glas-gowi,laelaps nutalli,radfordia sp. and myobia sp. the only common lice species was polyplax spinulosa. the fur mites radfordia sp. and myobia sp. were recorded at quesna,searth el-lian and el-sadat centers on r. norvegicus for the first time at menoufia governorate.