| feather and nest mites of two common resident birds in two ecologically different egyptian governorates. | the study of the role played by birds in the distribution of various bacterial, viral and parasitic infections is increasingly from year to year, taking into consideration the flying ability of birds and their migration for food and vital processes. two of the common egyptian resident birds, house sparrow (passer d. niloticus) and laughing dove (streptopelia s. aegyptiaca) were chosen to study their mite fauna. the overall mite index was 4.74 on the house sparrow and 7.22 on the laughing dove. a ... | 1999 | 10605494 |