| rodents, their seasonal activity, ecto- and blood-parasites in saint catherine area, south sinai governorate, egypt. | rodents are on the top of animal reservoirs of zoonotic parasites. five species of wild rodents were trapped on monthly base from saint catherine area. the highest trap index was 0.5 in may and the lowest was zero in december, january and february. the dominant rodents were acomys c. dimidiatus followed by dipodillus d. dasyurus and then a. r. russatus. sporadic numbers of sekeetamys c. calurus (3) and eliomys. qu. melanurus (2) were collected. the ectoparasites in a descending order of abundanc ... | 1998 | 9914704 |