Record birds Larus argentatus as new host for the cestoda Echinocotyle longirostris ( Rud,1819)in Thi-Qar /Iraq

Abstract

Larus argentatus birds were collected from the marshes of Suq Al-Shuyukh area in Thi -Qar Governorate / Iraq from November 2021 to May 2022. These birds  were considered a new final host for the tapeworm Echinocotyle longirostris, with a rate of (38.4%) and an infection severity of( 6.5) Significant differences were recorded no differences  in the infection between males (88.8  % ) and females (86.6% )at the level of probability P>0.05