Zoo Indonesia
Vol 16, No 2 (2007): November 2007

THE FEATHER MITES (ACARI; PTEROLICHIDAE) OF PSITTACINE BIRDS FROM MANUSELA NATIONAL PARK, SERAM ISLAND

Sri - Hartini (Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Pusat Penelitian Biologi- LIPI, Cibinong 16911)

Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2007

Abstract

Psittacine or parrots are colorful birdswith large heads, powerful, hookedbeaks and strong flexible feet with twotoes pointing backwards (MacKinnon1988). They are popularly kept as petanimals because of their beautifulappearance or their ability to imitatehuman and other voices. Their dailycontact with human being mayprobably transmit bird diseases suchas virus and bacteria vectored by theirparasites. A great deal diseasesagents has been learned concerningectoparasites of birds from many partsof the world, such as Southeast Asia(McClure et.al. undated) and in SouthAmerica (Perez & Atyeo 1984) andAfrica (Zump 1961).

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Zoo Indonesia
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Abbrev

zoo_indonesia

Publisher

Masyarakat Zoologi Indonesia

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

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Zoo Indonesia adalah sebuah jurnal ilmiah dibidang fauna tropika yang diterbitkan oleh organisasi profesi keilmiahan Masyarakat Zoologi Indonesia (MZI) sejak tahun 1983. Terbit satu tahun satu volume dengan dua nomor (Juli dan Desember). Memuat tulisan hasil penelitian yang berhubungan dengan aspek ...